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. Its

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as a

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. It was a part of a batch of eight simultaneously created divisions comprising the 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th and 128th Divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 4th Independent Border Group and the remnants of the 11th Division.

History

On 30 March 1945 the 122nd Division formation was complete and it was assigned to the 1st Area Army. It was tasked with garrisoning

. In June–July 1945, part of the division was moved to the

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area. At the start of the

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the headquarters of the ''122nd division'' were on the west coast of the

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. The 122nd Division surrendered to the

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on 17 August 1945.122nd Division (Maizuru)
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Notes and references

*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第122師団 (日本軍), accessed 28 June 2016 * Madej, W. Victor, ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle'', 1937–1945 vols Allentown, PA: 1981. Japanese World War II divisions Infantry divisions of Japan Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1945 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan {{mil-unit-stub

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