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

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was the . It was created 15 June 1944 in

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under command of Lieutenant-General

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. The nucleus for the formation was the 30th Independent Mixed Brigade and reinforcements sent from Moji 29 May 1944.IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship SHINSHU MARU: Tabular Record of Movement
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Action

The ''100th division'' was assigned to the 35th army upon formation. It garrisoned a large area of

island centering at Davao. In the course of the

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since 27 April 1945, the ''100th division'' was squeezed to the mountains north-west of Davao and survived until news of the

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reached it 18 August 1945. The division officially surrendered to US forces on the 7th of September, 1945.

References and further reading

* Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 This article incorporates material from the article 第100師団 (日本軍) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on 24 June 2016. Japanese World War II divisions Infantry divisions of Japan Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1944 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan {{mil-unit-stub

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