The was an
infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...
division of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
. Its
call sign
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was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in
Fujisawa as a
square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
Action
300px, Firing port built by 140th division at Inamuragasaki
The ''140th division'' was tasked with the fortification and the defence of the
Shōnan coastal area. 401st infantry regiment was stationed at
Mount Kamakura, 402nd - in
Hachiōji
is a Cities of Japan, city located in the Western Tokyo, western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 561,344, and a population density of 3000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography ...
, 403rd - in
Fujisawa, 404th - in
Goshomimura (now
Fujisawa). 404th infantry regiment was severely understrength. The division stayed in the area until the
surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy ...
without seeing an actual combat.
See also
*
List of Japanese Infantry Divisions
Notes and references
*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page
第140師団 (日本軍), accessed 12 July 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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