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11th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

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70: 52: 28: 357:(1894–1895). The division received its colors on 1 October 1898 and was disbanded in September 1945. Its troops were recruited primarily from communities in the four prefectures of the island of 507:
In February 1944, a large part of division (3rd battalions of 12th infantry, 43rd infantry and 11th mountain artillery regiments) of the 11th Division's strength were detached to
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as a garrison force for two years after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and only returned to
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from September 1938. In October 1939, the division was reorganized into a
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In April 1945, the remainder of the 11th Division was transferred from
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The 11th Division was one of the three Japanese divisions deployed to
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This article incorporates material from the Japanese Knowledge page
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in 1932. It returned to Shanghai in July 1937 with the start of the
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The 11th Division was deployed again to the continent during the
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The Japanese empire in East Asia and its postwar legacy
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Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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Index


Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army
Infantry
Zentsuji
Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Tsuchiya Mitsuharu
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Iwane Matsui
Kanichiro Tashiro
Hayao Tada
Mitsuru Ushijima
IJA 3rd Army
IJA 55th Army
Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department
infantry division
Imperial Japanese Army
tsūshōgō
code name
First Sino-Japanese War
Shikoku
Zentsuji, Kagawa
Nogi Maresuke
Russo-Japanese War
Siberian Intervention
Russo-Japanese War
Tsuchiya Mitsuharu
3rd Army

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