39th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

From 20 January 1941, it was also assigned to the Battle of South Henan, performing mopping-up duties in west Suizhou.For the long time afterward, the 39th division have manned a defenses against Chinese army at Yichang.It joined the Kwantung Army to defend Manchukuo on 30 May 1945, and at this time the reconnaissance regiment and some other small sub-units were detached from the division.The 39th division has arrived to Manchukuo 30 July 1945 and assigned to the 30th army in anticipation of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.Employed to construct fortification, the 39th division had not fought the Soviet army until the surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.
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