Japanese 16th Army Homeland Defense June-August 1945

15th Army: (at Osaka) 144th Division: (at Wakayama) organization unknown 225th Division: (at Himaji) organization unknown 123rd Independent : (at Gobo) organization unknown 38th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Awaji Island) 81st Independent Infantry Battalion 38th Independent Mixed Brigade Artillery Unit 38th Independent Mixed Brigade Engineer Unit 38th Independent Mixed Brigade Signal Unit 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division: (at Osaka) organization unknown Maizuru Fortress Unit: (at Maizuru) 55th Army: (at Shinkai) : (at Kochi) 12th Infantry Regiment 43rd Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 11th Reconnaissance Regiment 11th Artillery Regiment (36-75mm guns) 11th Engineer Regiment 11th Signal Unit 11th Transport Regiment 155th Division: (at Kochi) organization unknown 205th Division: (at Kochi) organization unknown 344th Division: (at Sukumo-Nakamura) organization unknown 121st Independent Mixed Brigade: organization unknown 59th Army; (at Hiroshima) 230th Division: (at Okayama) organization unknown 231st Division: (at Yonago) organization unknown 124th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Kogushi Bay) organization unknown 16th Area Army: (at FUkuoka) 4th AntiAircraft Division: (at Kokura) organization unknown 107th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Fukue (Goto Islands) organization unknown Tsushima Fortress Unit: (at Tsushima Island) 40th Army: (at Ijuin) : 98th Infantry Regiment 99th Infantry Regiment 100th Infantry Regiment

1 77th Cavalry Regiment 77th Artillery Regiment (36-75mm mountain guns) 77th Engineer Regiment 77th Signal Unit 77th Transport Regiment 146th Division: (at Kawabe) organization unknown 206th Division: (at Isaku) organization unknown 303rd Division: (at Sendai) organization unknown 125th Independent Mixed Brigade: (atIbusuk ) organization unknown 56th Army: (at Iizuka) 57th Division: (at Fukuoka) 52nd Infantry Regiment 117th Infantry Regiment 152nd Infantry Regiment 57th Reconnaissance Regiment 57th Artillery Regiment (24-75mm guns & 12-105mm how) 57th Engineer Regiment 57th Signal Unit 57th Transport Regiment 145th Division: (at Wakayama) organization unknown 312th Division: (at Karatsu) organization unknown 351st Division: (at Fukuma) organization unknown 4th Independent Tank Brigade: (at Fukumaru) organization unknown Iki Fortress Unit: (at Iki Island) organization unknown 57th Army: (at Takarabe) : (at Kobayashi) 14th Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Regiment 70th Infantry Regiment 75th Cavalry Regiment 25th Artillery Group 15th Mountain Artillery Regiment (36-75mm mountain guns) 25th Engineer Regiment 25th Signal Unit 25th Transport Regiment 86th Division: (at Shibushi) 187th Infantry Regiment 188th Infantry Regiment 189th Infantry Regiment 86th (?) Cavalry or Reconnaissance Regiment 86th Artillery Regiment (36-75mm guns) 86th Engineer Regiment 86th Signal Unit 86th Transport Regiment 154th Division: (at Tsuma) organization unknown

2 156th Division: (at Honjo) organization unknown 212th Division: (at Tsuno) organization unknown 98th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Takayama) organization unknown 109th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Tanegashima Island) organization unknown 5th Independent Tank Brigade: (at Honje) organization unknown 6th Independent Tank Brigade: (at Kirishima) organization unknown Chikugo Force: (at Nagasaki) 118th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Saheki) organization unknown 122nd Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Ngasaki) organization unknown Higo Force: (at Kumamoto) 215th Division: (at Kumamoto) organization unknown 126th Independent Mixed Brigade: (at Amakusa) organization unknown

Japanese Army Studies, Monograph No. 22 , 17th Area Army Operations (1941-1945) , Prepared for Military History Section, HQ, Army Forces Far East.

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