4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

4th Division
A soldier of the IJA 4th Division firing type 92 heavy machine
gun during the 1st round of Chángshā operation.
Near Miluo river (汨水), Húnán Province, China.
Active1888 - 1945
Disbanded1945
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQOsaka City, Japan
Nickname(s)Yodo Division
EngagementsFirst Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Siberian Intervention
Shandong Incident
World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Takashima Tomonosuke
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Ichinohe Hyoe
Abe Nobuyuki
Terauchi Hisaichi
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko
Tomoyuki Yamashita.
HQ of the 4th Division in Osaka, Japan.

The 4th Division (第4師団, Daishi shidan[1][2]) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was Yodo Division (淀兵団, Yodo-heidan) (from the Yodo River).

  1. ^ "第4師団より 仮庁舎繋畜馬匹に防寒毛伏支給の件". National Archives of Japan. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "歩兵第8連隊本部各大隊本部及第2大隊移転し終る". National Archives of Japan. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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