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The 8th Division (第8師団, Dai-hachi Shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. It was formed 1 October 1898 in Hirosaki, Aomori, as...

the IJA 8th Division were sent to Truk, where they were largely annihilated by lack of food and American air raids. The remainder of the division was...

elements of the 2nd Division were used to form the core of the new IJA 7th Division based in Hokkaido and the IJA 8th Division based in Hirosaki, Aomori...

general in October 1898 and was placed in command of the newly formed IJA 8th Division. The infamous Hakkōda Mountains incident in which 199 of 210 members...

placed in command of the IJA 8th Division and posted at Hirosaki, Aomori for two years before being transferred to IJA 1st Division in Tokyo until 1931. Serving...

infantry divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army. During World War II, the IJA organized three Guards Divisions and over 220 infantry divisions of various...

bombers were attacking the Japanese homeland and shipping. The 3rd Tank Division’s IJA 8th Armored Regiment (formerly based in Mukden) was detached in June 1944...

distinguished himself at the Battle of Mukden as Chief of Staff of the IJA 8th Division. After promotion to major general in 1907, Yui continued to serve under...

August 1937, he was promoted to lieutenant general, commanding the IJA 8th Division. On 31 January 1939, he retired from active duty and was placed on...

Expeditionary Army until October 1940, when he received command of the IJA 8th Division which was active in Manchuria. In June 1942, he was recalled to Japan...

lieutenant general in August 1928. He subsequently commanded the IJA 8th Division, IJA 4th Division and the Taiwan Army. He was promoted to full general in August...

1898, an armory was established in the former Third Bailey by the IJA 8th Division. In 1906, two of the remaining yagura burned down. In 1909, a four-meter-tall...

May 31, 1907, and served in the IJA 32nd Infantry Regiment, the IJA 8th Division and on the staff of the IJA 18th Division. From April 11, 1932, to August...

May 1914 and was made commander of the IJA 8th Division. In July 1918, he was transferred to the IJA 12th Division, which was dispatched to Siberia the...

Cavalry School from 1932-1933. In 1933, he became Chief of Staff of the IJA 8th Division. In 1934, he was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 4th class and...

a wintertime crossing of the Hakkōda Mountains was planned. The IJA's 8th Division's Fifth Infantry Regiment was stationed in the city of Aomori. The...

Sakhalin 1939 – February 1945 (reformed to 88th division) List of Japanese Infantry divisions List of IJA Independent Mixed Brigades Madej, W. Victor. Japanese...

home garrison town for the Imperial Japanese Army's IJA 8th Division from October, 1898. The division was prominently active in the Russo-Japanese War....

most divisions in the IJA. After 1936, the normal make up of a division was the triangular organization, with three infantry regiments to a division. The...

(誉兵団, Homare Heidan). The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 42nd Division was raised as a triangular division (type B, standard) on 10 June 1943 in Nagoya, simultaneously...