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- Die 43. Division (jap. 第43師団, Dai-yonjū-san Shidan) war eine Division des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres, die 1943 aufgestellt und 1944 in der Schlacht um Saipan aufgerieben wurde. Ihr Tsūshōgō-Code (militärischer Tarnname) war Ehre-Division (誉兵団, Homare-heidan) oder Homare 11930 bzw. Homare 11931. (de)
- The 43rd Division (第43師団, Dai-yonjūsan Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Honor Division (誉兵団, Homare Heidan). The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 42nd Division was raised as a triangular division (type B, standard) on 10 June 1943 in Nagoya, simultaneously with 42nd, 46th and 47th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the headquarters of the 3rd division and the 63rd independent infantry brigade. The 43rd division was assigned to Central District Army upon formation. In April 1944, the 43rd division was assigned to 31st army and reorganized to a marine (mixed) division, with artillery and engineer regiments absorbed by infantry regiments. Also, Yoshitsugu Saitō was appointed as divisional commander instead of Prince Kaya Tsunenori. The bulk of the 43rd division left Tateyama, Chiba on 14 May 1944 and reached Saipan uneventfully on 19 May 1944. It was the last successful (8th) of the so-called Pine transport transfers. The 118th infantry regiment was late for the 8th Pine transport, which sailed from Yokohama on 29 May 1944 as convoy 3530, and suffered two-thirds losses from a US submarine attack on 4 June 1944 before arriving in Saipan on 9 June 1944. About 9000 troops and 13 artillery pieces of the 43rd division then dug in around Mount Tapochau, with the rest spread over the southern part of Saipan island. Overall, 43rd division managed to add one line of trenches to the pre-existing defences before the arrival of the US invasion fleet on 13 June 1944. The battle of Saipan began with US landings on 15 June 1944. On 17 June 1944 at 2:30 AM, a large counter-attack was performed by 43rd division together with the 9th armored regiment of 1st tank division. Although the division was able to re-capture the local high ground around Hinashita hill, the Japanese gains were dramatically reversed in the morning of 18 June 1944, when the US forces captured Hinashita hill and an airfield in the south of the island largely intact. By 24 June 1944, the 43rd division was reduced to four battalions of infantry and a half-battalion of artillery. 27 June 1944, as the Mount Tapochau defences were failing rapidly, Yoshitsugu Saitō, the 43rd division commander, radioed Tokyo asking for either reinforcements or evacuation by air. At that point, he estimated resistance could continue until 10 July 1944. By 5 July 1944 the position of the 43rd division was hopeless so Yoshitsugu Saitō ordered to prepare for a suicidal banzai charge, starting at the dawn of 7 July 1944 with a force of 4,000 men, most of them already wounded. The 43rd division was annihilated in this banzai charge, killing 658 US servicemen in its final day. (en)
- La 43e division (第43師団, Dai-yon-jū-san shidan) est une unité d'infanterie de l'armée impériale japonaise basée à Nagoya durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Son nom de code est Division Honneur (誉兵団, Homare-heidan). (fr)
- 第43師団（だいよんじゅうさんしだん）は、太平洋戦争中の1943年から1945年まであった大日本帝国陸軍の師団の一つ。サイパン島の戦いで全滅した。 (ja)
- A 43ª Divisão foi uma divisão de infantaria do Império do Japão que serviu durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. A divisão foi formada no dia 14 de maio de 1943 em Nagoya, sendo destruída em Saipan no dia 6 de julho de 1944. (pt)
- 第43師團為大日本帝國陸軍之一師團。 (zh)
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- Die 43. Division (jap. 第43師団, Dai-yonjū-san Shidan) war eine Division des Kaiserlich Japanischen Heeres, die 1943 aufgestellt und 1944 in der Schlacht um Saipan aufgerieben wurde. Ihr Tsūshōgō-Code (militärischer Tarnname) war Ehre-Division (誉兵団, Homare-heidan) oder Homare 11930 bzw. Homare 11931. (de)
- La 43e division (第43師団, Dai-yon-jū-san shidan) est une unité d'infanterie de l'armée impériale japonaise basée à Nagoya durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Son nom de code est Division Honneur (誉兵団, Homare-heidan). (fr)
- 第43師団（だいよんじゅうさんしだん）は、太平洋戦争中の1943年から1945年まであった大日本帝国陸軍の師団の一つ。サイパン島の戦いで全滅した。 (ja)
- A 43ª Divisão foi uma divisão de infantaria do Império do Japão que serviu durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. A divisão foi formada no dia 14 de maio de 1943 em Nagoya, sendo destruída em Saipan no dia 6 de julho de 1944. (pt)
- 第43師團為大日本帝國陸軍之一師團。 (zh)
- The 43rd Division (第43師団, Dai-yonjūsan Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Honor Division (誉兵団, Homare Heidan). The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 42nd Division was raised as a triangular division (type B, standard) on 10 June 1943 in Nagoya, simultaneously with 42nd, 46th and 47th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the headquarters of the 3rd division and the 63rd independent infantry brigade. The 43rd division was assigned to Central District Army upon formation. (en)
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