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The ''320th division'' has completed organization 25 July 1945 in
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, performing a police duties from
Daegu Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
to
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. After the start of the
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9 August 1945, the ''320th division'' was ordered to move north to
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, but did not complete the move due to the
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15 August 1945.


Notes

*This section incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第320師団 (日本軍), accessed 22 July 2016


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See also

* List of Japanese Infantry Divisions


Notes and references

*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 本土決戦第三次兵備, accessed 20 July 2016 * Madej, W. Victor, ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle'', 1937–1945 vols Allentown, PA: 1981. {{reflist Infantry divisions of Japan Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1945 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan Army Divisions