The was an
infantry
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division
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of the
Imperial Japanese Army
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. Its
call sign
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was the . It was formed on 16 January 1945 in
Sunwu County as a
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. It was part a batch of eight simultaneously created divisions: the
121st,
122nd, 123rd,
124th,
125th,
126th,
127th and
128th Divisions. The nucleus of the formation was the
73rd Independent Mixed Brigade, which was formed in October 1944 from the headquarters of the
1st Division.
History
On 30 March 1945 the 123rd Division's formation was complete and it was assigned to the
4th Army.
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in September 1945.
See also
* List of Japanese Infantry Divisions
* Independent Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)
Between 1937 and 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army formed 126 Independent Mixed Brigades (numbered 1–136 with some gaps), typically composed of various units detached from other formations. Some were composed of separate, independent assets (usua ...
Notes and references
*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第123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
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