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of the

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. Its

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was the . It was formed on 1 May 1943 in

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province, simultaneously with the 62nd and 63rd divisions as a security (type C) division. The nucleus for the formation was the

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from Chuzhou. As a security division, it lacked an artillery regiment. The men of the division were drafted from the Hiroshima mobilization district.

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On 10 July 1943, the 64th division was assigned to the 20th army. The division was then garrisoned in

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, and

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. With the 11th army planning the Battle of Changsha in March 1944, the 64th division was reassigned to the

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area. The 64th division started to participate in

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from October 1944. It was still in Changsha at the day of surrender of Japan, 15 August 1945. The divisions was able to concentrate at headquarters from 6 September 1945. On 1 May 1946 evacuation started via the

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- Zhengzhou -

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route, finally arriving in

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on 10 June 1946. On 20 June six parties sailed from Shanghai to

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, and were demobilized on 15 July 1946. 79 men left Shanghai on 24 June 1946, and arrived at

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on 2 July to be immediately demobilized. The first large batch, the veterinary department and other auxiliaries, totalling 344 men, sailed from Shanghai on 25 June 1946, arriving at Sasebo on 26 June 1946, and at

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on 1 July 1946. That batch was demobilized on 6 July 1946. On 1 July 1946, main divisional troops started to depart from Shanghai, and the last batch of 532 soldiers was demobilized in Uraga on 1 August 1946.64th Division (Kai)
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Notes

*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第64師団 (日本軍), accessed 13 June 2016

Reference and further reading

* Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 {{DEFAULTSORT:64th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Japanese World War II divisions Infantry divisions of Japan Military units and formations established in 1943 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 1943 establishments in Japan 1946 disestablishments in Japan

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