123rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The nucleus of the formation was the 73rd Independent Mixed Brigade, which was formed in October 1944 from the headquarters of the 1st Division.[1] It was tasked with the garrison of Sunwu County, adjacent to the 135th Independent Mixed Brigade in Aihui District.The division fought and withstood the Soviet invasion of Manchuria with heavy casualties, but did not yield until the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.The majority of division personnel were taken prisoner to the Soviet Union in September 1945.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This World War II article is a stub.
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