Japanese 51st Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_51st_Division
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:New_Guinea_campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea
gptkb:Huon_Peninsula_campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Lae
gptkbp:fate Destroyed in New Guinea
gptkbp:formed July 1940
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Utsunomiya,_Tochigi,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese 51st Division
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Sakura_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Masao_Baba
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Hidemitsu_Nakano
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighteenth_Army
gptkb:Sixteenth_Army
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_Battle_of_Lae
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6