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division of the
Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
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was the . The 44th Division was organized on 4 April 1944, simultaneously with the 81st and 86th divisions as a defiant action against popular Japanese Tetraphobia superstition. The nucleus was the headquarters of the 4th Division. Originally the 44th Division was assigned to the Central District Army. In March 1945, the 44th Division was sent to Takahagi, Ibaraki, arriving 8 April 1945. The division was re-subordinated to the 51st Army 18 April 1945 and assigned to the role of the mobile reserve. The
surrender of Japan The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was Hirohito surrender broadcast, announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signed on 2 September 1945, End of World War II in Asia, ending ...
on 15 August 1945 had happened before the 44th Division could engage with the enemy. served as chief of staff for the 44th Division from 6 April 1944 until the end of the war.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:44th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Japanese World War II divisions Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Infantry divisions of Japan 1944 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan