24th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
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The 24th Mixed Brigade was sent by the 12th Division
from Japan
to the Battle of Shanghai
in 1932.
Allentown, PA: 1981
12th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .-History:The 12th Division was formed on 1 October 1898, as a reserve division after the First Sino-Japanese War, based in Kokura, in northern Kyūshū. It subsequently relocated to Kurumi, another city in Fukuoka prefecture...
from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to the Battle of Shanghai
January 28 Incident
The January 28 Incident was a short war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, before official hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced in 1937.- Naming :...
in 1932.
- 24th Mixed Brigade – ? , 3,000 troops
- 2nd Battalion / 14th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion / 24th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion / 46th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion / 48th Infantry Regiment
- 1 Squadron Cavalry
- 2nd Battalion / 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment (two Batteries)
- 2nd Company / 18th Engineer Battalion
Sources
- Madej, W. Victor. Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols]
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