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1st Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

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Active
  
1943-1945

Branch
  
Imperial Japanese Army

Garrison/HQ
  
Tokyo, Japan

Country
  
Empire of Japan

Size
  
Division

Engagements
  
World War II

The Imperial Japanese Army's 1st Guards Division (近衛第1師団, Konoe Dai-ichi Shidan) was formed from the Guards Mixed Brigade in June 1943 and a new Guards Regiment, the 6th, was added, with the 1st Guards Cavalry Regiment, 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Guards Engineer Regiment and 1st Guards Transport Regiment, and other support units.

Based in Tokyo, Japan until the end of World War II.

References

1st Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Wikipedia