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152nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 152nd Division (第152師団, Dai-hyakugojūni Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Kanazawa Protection Division (護沢兵団, Gozawa Heidan). It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kanazawa as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. ActionThe 152nd division was initially assigned to 11th area army.[1] In April 1945 it was reassigned to 52nd army and sent from Kanazawa to Chōshi in Kantō region, where it performed a coastal defense duties until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 without seeing an actual combat. The 437th infantry regiment was garrisoning Chōshi, the 440th - west Chōshi, 438th - Asahi, Chiba (building defenses on south-western bank of Tone River), and 439th infantry regiment - Omigawa, Chiba.[2] See also  8 7  5 6 4 3 2  1 4  1GD 2GD 3GD  354 344 322 321 316 312 308 303 234 231 230 229  225 355 224 222 221 216 214 212 209 206 202 201 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 147 146 145 144 143 142 140 93 89 86 84 81 77 73 72 57 351 44 42 28 25 11 205 7  64 66 67 95 96 97 98 101 107 109 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 Independent Mixed Brigade Infantry Division (including guard divisions) Independent Armored Brigade Armored division Japanese infantry and armored units in Home Islands, 15 August 1945 Notes and references
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