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6th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Code name: 仁三五〇四
Higher formation: 第二軍
Depot district: 小倉
Raised at: 下関
Colours received: 大7.12
Commanding officer: 村上尚武
Main theatres: Not known
Action: the Beijing–Hankou operation (destruction of the Luoyang city wall)

War record

Part of the 12th Army→May 1944, the Peking–Hankou (京漢) operation; broke the Luoyang city wall to open a way in and supported the infantry assault

The regiment bombarded and breached the walls of Luoyang, opening an assault route through which the infantry could break in.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面179

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What is still not known

Men of this unit: apart from the commander, no names have been gathered yet.

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179

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