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51st Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 祭七三七〇
Higher formation: 第一五師団
Depot district: 京都
Raised at: 京都
Colours received: 明38.4.15
Commanding officer: 尾本喜三雄
Main theatres: the Russo-Japanese War - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
Action: the Imphal operation

War record

Raised in the Meiji period; re-formed at Kyoto in April 1943→under the 15th Division, crossed the Chindwin and advanced on Imphal as the left thrust force (code name Datto)→pushed through the steep terrain of the Arakan range with few of its heavier weapons→fought repeatedly for high ground and was worn down by British-Indian firepower→it is recorded that the situation grew so grave that the division commander, Lieutenant General 山内正文, wrote in his diary that it was "unexpected"→the road to Kohima was never opened

After a struggle severe enough that the division commander wrote "this is unexpected" in his diary, the regiment could not fight its way through the Kohima road in the face of British-Indian firepower.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面74

Men of this unit

牟田口廉也中将第一五軍司令官としてコヒマ攻略を命令・七月に全軍後退を決心
柳田元三中将第三三師団長。作戦中止を意見具申し五月二二日解任
山内正文中将第一五師団長。コヒマ攻略を担当
尾本喜三雄 — 四〇五七高地への転進を意見具申

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74

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