The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its

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was the .It was created July 6 1944 in

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. It was a

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. The divisional backbone was the 54th Division headquarters. The 84th Division was assigned to the

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upon formation. In the late 1944, the division was considered for sending to

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, but the 62nd Division was selected instead. In April 1945, the 84th Division was assigned to the 53rd Army, taking a positions in

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. The division then spent the time building a fortifications until being demobilized in September 1945, after the

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References and further reading

* Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, Pennsylvania: 1981 This article incorporates material from the article 第84師団 (日本軍) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on 21 June 2016.

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