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44th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 44th Division (第44師団, Dai-yonjūyon Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Orange Division (橘兵団, Tachibana Heidan). The 44th Division was organized on 4 April 1944, simultaneously with the 81st and 86th divisions as a defiant action against popular Japanese Tetraphobia superstition. The nucleus was the headquarters of the 4th Division. Originally the 44th Division was assigned to the Central District Army. In March 1945, the 44th Division was sent to Takahagi, Ibaraki, arriving 8 April 1945. The division was re-subordinated to the 51st Army 18 April 1945 and assigned to the role of the mobile reserve. The surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 had happened before the 44th Division could engage with the enemy. Colonel Hiroshi Muraoka (村岡弘大佐, Muraoka Hiroshi Taisa) served as chief of staff for the 44th Division from 6 April 1944 until the end of the war.[1] Defense map  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 References
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