The 17th Division was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Moon Division. The 17th Division was one of two infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japan
For IJA 17th Division Officer's Club, Okayama
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
17th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
…authorized by Minister of War Ugaki Kazushige as part of a cost-saving measure during the Kato Takaaki administration, together with the 13th, 15th and 18th divisions. The 17th Division was resurrected in 1938. At this time, it was formed as a triangular division as part of the general military buildup after…
IJA 18th Division Memorial, Kurume, Fukuoka
Soldiers of the 18th Division in an abandoned German trench during the Siege of Qingdao, 1914