206th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

206th Division (15 August 1945)

Parent unit	16th area army

Components	510. Infantry regiment (Kumamoto) 511. Infantry regiment (Miyakonojō) 512. Infantry regiment (Kagoshima) 206. Mountain artillery regiment 206. Mortar regiment 206. Automatic cannon company 206. Machine gun company 206. Engineer company 206. Transport company 206. Signals company 206. Ordnance company 206/4. Field hospital

The 206th Division (第206師団, Dai-nihyakuroku Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Aso Division (阿蘇兵団, Aso Heidan), after Mount Aso. It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Kumamoto as a triangular division. It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st, 202nd, 205th, 206th, 209th, 212th, 214th and 216th Divisions created as part of the reaction to the Battle of Okinawa.

History

On 11 June 1945, the 206th Division was deployed in western Kagoshima Prefecture. The 510th Infantry Regiment was in Hioki, the 511th in Fukiage-cho Tajiri 31°31′44″N 130°21′40″E / 31.529°N 130.361°E / 31.529; 130.361, and the 512th Infantry Regiment was sent to Higashiichiki-Chō Yuda 31°40′16″N 130°20′06″E / 31.671°N 130.335°E / 31.671; 130.335. Some of its other units were deployed at Fukiage.^[1] It did not see any combat by the time of the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.

This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第206師団 (日本軍), accessed 14 July 2016
Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.

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