120th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Its call sign was the Push Forward Division (邁進兵団, Maishin Heidan).Initially the 120th division was tasked with security duties in east Manchukuo.Although the 261st infantry regiment was moved to Pyongyang (from where it was expected to be sent to Jejudo) during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria since 9 August 1945, the hostilities ended before the 120th division has seen any combat.The 261st infantry regiment was taken prisoner by the Red Army and locked in labour camp in Soviet Union since July 1946 together with some smaller detachments of the 120th division.The rest of the division have returned to Japan via Sasebo, Nagasaki and dissolved 25 October 1945.
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