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37th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

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The 37th Division survived World War II largely intact, and with a distinguished service record due to its discipline and strong leadership of its officer corps. Its former base at
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force to maintain public order and to cover police duties in Japanese-occupied portions of northern China, due to the deteriorating situation in the
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divisions. The division was declared battle-ready 2 July 1939. Its manpower came primarily from the prefectures on
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it was quickly reassigned to front-line combat duties under control of the
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On 10 December 1944, the 37th Division was ordered further south, into
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18 June 1946. The division was dissolved shortly afterwards.
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province, where it occupied the provincial capital of
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Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
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Index

Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army
Infantry
Kumamoto
Second Sino-Japanese War
Hatazō Adachi
Kentou Kenryou
1st army
Kumamoto
Miyakonojo
Kagoshima
Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department
infantry division
Imperial Japanese Army
call sign
Kumamoto
triangular division
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
36th
Kyūshū
garrison
Second Sino-Japanese War
1st army
Chinese communist
Eighth Route Army
Shanxi
Japanese 12th Army

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