The 15th Division was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Festival Division, and its military symbol was 15D. The 15th Division was one of four new infan
former IJA 15th Division HQ in Toyohashi, Aichi
The 18th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Chrysanthemum Division. The 18th Division was one of two infantry divisions newly raised by the
15th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
…dissolved by Minister of War Ugaki Kazushige as part of a cost-saving measure during the Kato Takaaki administration, together with the 13th, 17th and 18th divisions. In July 1937, open hostilities broke out against China and the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced. The 15th Division was re-established in…
IJA 18th Division Memorial, Kurume, Fukuoka
Soldiers of the 18th Division in an abandoned German trench during the Siege of Qingdao, 1914