The 137th division was assigned to the 34th army 30 July 1945. Due to the lack of officers, many were either ill or senile, raising concerns related to a lot of soldiers drafted from the Korea. Also, the 137th division have suffered from the severe lack of equipment, with only rifles and machine guns available in any numbers. The division has absolutely no artillery pieces, although several were en route.[3] Even wood-cutting implements for camping and fortification were in short supply, with one axe per company and a one saw per battalion. Anti-tank explosive charges were also in the short supply. Also, the entire division had only three trucks, making division to balance on the verge of the starvation due supply problems. 15 August 1945, the division has only food worth for two days. Also, the division have not enough telephone wire to connect with all sub-units, therefore resorting to visual communications.
137th, division, imperial, japanese, army, german, infantry, division, 137th, infantry, division, 137th, division, 第137師団, hyakusanjūnana, shidan, infantry, division, imperial, japanese, army, call, sign, fuyoku, division, 扶翼兵団, fuyoku, heidan, formed, july, 1. For the German infantry division see 137th Infantry Division The 137th Division 第137師団 Dai hyakusanjunana Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army Its call sign was the Fuyoku Division 扶翼兵団 Fuyoku Heidan It was formed 10 July 1945 in North Hamgyong Province as a triangular division It was a part of the 8 simultaneously created divisions batch comprising 134th 135th 136th 137th 138th 139th 148th and 149th divisions The nucleus for the formation was the small parts detached from the 79th division 137th Division第137師団Active1945 1945CountryEmpire of JapanAllegiance34th armyBranchImperial Japanese ArmyTypeInfantrySize10000Garrison HQNorth Hamgyong ProvinceNickname s Fuyoku divisionEngagementsnoneAction editThe 137th division was assigned to the 34th army 30 July 1945 Due to the lack of officers many were either ill or senile raising concerns related to a lot of soldiers drafted from the Korea Also the 137th division have suffered from the severe lack of equipment with only rifles and machine guns available in any numbers The division has absolutely no artillery pieces although several were en route 3 Even wood cutting implements for camping and fortification were in short supply with one axe per company and a one saw per battalion Anti tank explosive charges were also in the short supply Also the entire division had only three trucks making division to balance on the verge of the starvation due supply problems 15 August 1945 the division has only food worth for two days Also the division have not enough telephone wire to connect with all sub units therefore resorting to visual communications During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria the 137th division was deployed together with the 59th division south west of Hamhung The division was reassigned to 17th area army and transferred to Pyongyang after the surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 where it was disarmed by the Soviet Union forces See also editList of Japanese Infantry DivisionsNotes and references editThis article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第137師団 日本軍 accessed 8 July 2016 Madej W Victor Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle 1937 1945 2 vols Allentown PA 1981 Organization of Japanese Infantry Divisions 1939 1945 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 8 July 2016 Scan of the original order of battle nominal permanent dead link Record of Operations Against Soviet Russia Northern and Western Fronts August September 1945 p 239 250 nbsp This article about the military history of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This World War II article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a specific military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 137th Division Imperial Japanese Army amp oldid 1154977230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
