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51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Index 51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. [1]

48 relations: Allies of World War II, Battle of Finschhafen, Battle of Hong Kong, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Call sign, Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea), Division (military), Eastern District Army (Japan), Eighteenth Army (Japan), Finschhafen, Guangdong, Hidemitsu Nakano, Huon Peninsula, Huon Peninsula campaign, Imperial Japanese Army, Infantry, Japanese destroyer Asagumo (1937), Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939), Kantokuen, Kwantung Army, Lae, Landing at Lae, Landing at Nadzab, Landing at Scarlet Beach, List of Japanese Infantry divisions, Madang, New Guinea, New Guinea campaign, Rabaul, Reconnaissance regiments (Japan), Salamaua, Salamaua–Lae campaign, Saruwaged Range, Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet Union, Surrender of Japan, Twenty-Third Army (Japan), Utsunomiya, Yi Un, 102nd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army), 115th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army), 41st Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 52nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 54th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 57th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 66th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army).

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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Battle of Finschhafen

The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces.

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Battle of Hong Kong

The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.

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Battle of the Bismarck Sea

The Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March 1943) took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II when aircraft of the U.S. Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae, New Guinea.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea)

Dampier Strait in Papua New Guinea separates Umboi Island and New Britain, linking the Bismarck Sea to the north with the Solomon Sea to the south, at.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Eastern District Army (Japan)

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for the defense of the Kantō region and northern Honshū during the Pacific War.

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Eighteenth Army (Japan)

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Finschhafen

Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Guangdong

Guangdong is a province in South China, located on the South China Sea coast.

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Hidemitsu Nakano

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war.

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Huon Peninsula

Huon Peninsula is a large rugged peninsula on the island of New Guinea in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Huon Peninsula campaign

The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles fought in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Japanese destroyer Asagumo (1937)

was the fifth of ten s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

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Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939)

was a in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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Kantokuen

Isoroku Yamamoto Tomoyuki Yamashita Korechika Anami Henry Pu-yi |commander2.

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Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the first half of the 20th century.

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Lae

Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea.

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Landing at Lae

The Landing at Lae was an amphibious landing to the east of Lae and then the subsequent advance on the town during the Salamaua–Lae campaign of World War II.

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Landing at Nadzab

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing at Lae.

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Landing at Scarlet Beach

The Landing at Scarlet Beach (Operation Diminish) (22 September 1943) took place in New Guinea during the Huon Peninsula campaign of the Second World War, involving forces from Australia, the United States and Japan.

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List of Japanese Infantry divisions

List of Japanese Infantry divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Madang

Madang (old German name: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen) is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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New Guinea campaign

The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945.

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Rabaul

Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea.

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Reconnaissance regiments (Japan)

Reconnaissance regiment (Sōsaku-rentai (搜索聯隊) or Sōsaku-tai (搜索隊)) in Japanese language, was the type of the military establishment within Imperial Japanese Army in the 1940-1945 period.

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Salamaua

Salamaua was a small town situated on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea, part of Morobe province.

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Salamaua–Lae campaign

The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II.

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Saruwaged Range

The Saruwaged Range (also Saruwared, Sarawaket or Sarawaget) is a mountain range on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, north-eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.

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Twenty-Third Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Utsunomiya

is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan.

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Yi Un

Lieutenant General Prince Imperial Yeong, the Yi Un, Crown Prince Uimin (also Euimin), also known as Yi Un, Yi Eun, Lee Eun, and Un Yi (20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970), was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last crown prince of Korea.

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102nd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

The 102nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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115th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

The 115th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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41st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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52nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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54th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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57th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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66th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

The 66th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)

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