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146th Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 龍六七三五
Higher formation: 第五六師団
Depot district: 大村
Raised at: 大村
Colours received: 昭15.9.17
Commanding officer: 山本恭平
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the preliminary fighting before the conquest of Java

War record

December 1941 – March 1942. Landed under enemy fire on Tarakan (an oil-producing area) as the 坂口 Detachment (built around the 146th Infantry Regiment)→took the key points of Borneo (the Balikpapan and Bandjermasin sectors)→then joined the invasion of Java (the conquest of the Netherlands East Indies) and pushed on towards Surabaya

According to the book, the 坂口 Detachment split into a right-wing unit and a left-wing unit and succeeded in capturing Tarakan Island with a pincer attack from the south and east.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面24-25

Men of this unit

今村均中将第一六軍司令官として蘭印攻略を担当
坂口静夫少将坂口支隊長としてボルネオ島東側の要衝を攻略

この部隊の紙片は、まだ蔵にありません。

This card is made only of facts copied from one book. Only what can be confirmed against a primary source will one day become 🟢. An empty field means the book does not say. Nothing has been filled in by guesswork.

Source: 戦史の本誌面24

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