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Reinforcements for the Japanese 15th Army
Phase 2 of Operations - early 1942 |
18
Division
(Lieut.-General
Mutaguchi) (arrived Rangoon
8th April
1942)
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55th
Infantry Regiment
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56th
Infantry Regiment
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114th
Infantry Regiment
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1st
Tank Regiment
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12th Cavalry
Regiment
(horsed)
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18th Mountain Gun Regiment
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(two battalions of 12 guns each, one battalion of 12
X 75mm guns) |
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12th
Engineer Regiment
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12th
Transport Regiment
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56
Division
(Lieut.-General
Watanabe) (arrived Rangoon 26-27th
March
1942)
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113th
Infantry Regiment
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146th
Infantry Regiment
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(arrived
Rangoon 19th April 1942, from operations in the Netherlands East Indies) |
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148th
Infantry Regiment
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14th
Tank Regiment
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(three
companies of 11 tanks and RHQ with three tanks, all light tank Type 95) |
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56th Reconnaisance Regiment
(motorised)
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56th Field Gun Regiment
(two battalions of 12 X 75mm guns each, one battalion of 12 X
105mm guns)
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56th
Engineer Regiment
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56th
Transport Regiment
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to
33 Division
(arrived
Rangoon end March 1942)
| 213th
Infantry Regiment (Colonel Miyawaki) |
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two
mountain gun battalions
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(of
33rd Mountain Artillery Regiment) |
Army
Troops
(all
later assigned in support of 33 Division)
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21st
Mixed Heavy Artillery Unit
(4 X 105mm and 4 X 150mm guns)
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26th
Independent Engineer Regiment
(water transport)
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51st
Independent Field AntiAircraft Unit
(one company of 75mm AA guns)
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one
company of anti-tank guns
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