138th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Its call sign was the Immovable Division (不動兵団, Fudō Heidan).It was formed 10 July 1945 in several towns along Jilin - Shenyang railroad as a triangular division.It was nearly unarmed until the end of July 1945, besides the small arms brought by the men transferred from the other units.The division was coherent enough to have the first task (the construction of fortifications) issued only by 6 August 1945.At the beginning of Soviet invasion of Manchuria 9 August 1945, the 138th division was ordered to Fushun.
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