- 19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
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unit_name= 19th Infantry Division
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dates= 1915 - 1946
country=Empire of Japan
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branch=Imperial Japanese Army
type=Infantry
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garrison=North Hamgyong ,Korea
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nickname=Tiger Division
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battles=Invasion of Manchuria Battle of Lake Khasan Battle of Luzon
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battle_honours=nihongo|IJA Nineteenth Division|第19師団|Ju-kyu Shidan was an
infantry division in theImperial Japanese Army . Itscall sign was the nihongo|Tiger Division|虎兵団|Tora Heidan.History
The 19th Division and the 20th Division were raised on
24 December 1915 as agarrison force for Korea. After Japan's victory in theRusso-Japanese War , and subsequent occupation, and then annexation of Korea, the need was felt for a dedicated garrison force, raised from people with local knowledge. The 19th Division was stationed in far northeast Korea, in what is nowNorth Hamgyong province.After the
Manchurian Incident , the 19th Division was called upon to provide assistance inInvasion of Manchuria , during which it occupiedChangchun andHarbin , and in the subsequentPacification of Manchukuo . It continued to be stationed in Manchuria afterwards.In July 1938, it was one of the Japanese divisions at the
Battle of Lake Khasan against theSoviet Union . Afterwards, with increasing tension and subsequent border clashes the 19th Division had 500 killed and 900 wounded from6 August to11 August 1938 . It was then recalled to the Korean border area with the Soviet Union.In May, 1943, the 74th Infantry Regiment was elevated into the 30th Infantry Division. In December 1944, the remainder of the 19th Infantry Division was transferred to the
Japanese Fourteenth Area Army in thePhilippines . It was largely annihilated in combat in the mountains of centralLuzon by joint the U.S. & Allied Philippine Commonwealth troops during the subsequentBattle of Luzon and ceased to be a functional unit at that time.Organization
The
order of battle for the 19th Division included:
* 73rd Infantry Regiment
* 75th Infantry Regiment
* 76th Infantry Regimentee also
*
List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Reference and further reading
* Coox, Alvin D. "Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939". Stanford University Press; Reprint edition (1990). ISBN: 0804718350
* Madej, W. Victor. "Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945" [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981[{DEFAULSORT:|19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
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