125th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The nucleus for the formation was the remnants of the transferred 57th Division plus the 7th and 13th Independent Border Guards units.[1] The 125th Division formation was complete in February 1945 and was initially assigned to the 4th Army.At the news of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria 9 August 1945 the 125th Division was reassigned to the 30th Army.Although parts of the division were taken prisoner by Soviet forces in September - October 1945, still a lot of personnel remained in Tonghua, until about 3000 Japanese soldiers and civilians either died in fighting or were summarily executed[3] in the Tonghua Incident on 3 February 1946.This was an attempted Japanese rebellion with the goal of rescuing Empress Wanrong from the Eighth Route Army.
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