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The 46th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army was an infantry division from central and southern Kyushu formed during World War II. ==Service== Originally the 66th Independent Infantry Group, the 46th Division was formed in about May 1943. Troops were drawn from the Kumamoto Divisional District (''Shikanku'') which consisted of Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures. The Japanese intended to use the Division as part of the 2nd Area Army to bolster its defences in the Dutch East Indies and possibly spearhead an attack on northern Australia. As part of the process the 2nd Area Army transferred its headquarters from Manchuria to Davao in the Philippines.〔(Japanese monograph No45, History of Imperial General Headquarters - Army Section (Revised Edition) ) retrieved 20 November 2015〕 The Division's 123rd Regiment landed in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Two months later the 147th Regiment landed in Sumbawa. The remaining 145th Regiment was unable to be transported and instead was diverted from Saipan in June 1944 to Iwo Jima under the Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's Ogasawara Corps where it was wiped out in the Battle of Iwo Jima. The remainder of the Division was temporarily placed under control of the 16th Army before it was placed under control of the 19th Army. This in turn was under the 2nd Area Army of the Southern Army. The 19th Army was disbanded on 1 March 1945 and the 46th was transferred to the 7th Area Army based at Singapore. It was disbanded at Kluang, Johore after the end of the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「46th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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