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The '5th Division' (第5師団, Dai-go shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.Its call sign was the Koi (Carp) Division (鯉兵団, Koihei-dan).The 5th Division was formed in Hiroshima in January 1871 as the Hiroshima Garrison (広島鎮台, Hiroshima chindai), one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army.
The Konoe Imperial Guard of Japan was originally one Imperial Guards Division until the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was expanded during World War II into three Guards Divisions: Konoe Imperial Guards Division; 1st Guards Division; 2nd Guards Division; 3rd Guards Division
3rd Air Division (Japan) 第3飛行師団: 15 April 1942: 14 February 1944: Hawk (隼, Hayabusa) 2375: China-French Indochina-Dutch East Indies-Myanmar-China: 4th Air Division (Japan) 第4飛行師団: 15 April 1942: 1944/1945: Wing (翼, Tsubasa) Manchuria-Philippines (1944) merged in 2nd Air Division 5th Air Division (Japan) 第5飛行師団 ...
The 5th Brigade (Japanese: 第5旅団) is one of eight active brigades of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The brigade is subordinated to the Northern Army and is headquartered in Obihiro , Hokkaidō .
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On 7 December the IJA had two divisions serving in Japan/Korea and 50 serving abroad, most in China. During the war another 117 were raised for foreign service and 56 were raised for national defense. These totaled 223 including the Imperial Guard. Of this total no more than 35, that is one fifth of the IJA infantry division total, fought in ...
The Fifth Carrier Division (第五航空戦隊, Dai-Go Kōkū-Sentai) was an aircraft carrier unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet. At the beginning of the Pacific Campaign of World War II , the Fifth Carrier Division consisted of the fleet carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku .
The Japanese 5th Army, then known as the Yalu River Army, was initially raised on January 15, 1905, in the final stages of the Russo-Japanese War under the command of General Kawamura Kageaki out of only the 11th Infantry Division and three reserve brigades. [2]