2nd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Military unit

The Imperial Japanese Army's 2nd Guards Division (近衛第2師団, Konoe Dai-ni Shidan) was renumbered from the Imperial Guards Division in June 1943, when the 1st Guards Division was activated.

Its organization was:

2nd Guards Division

• 3rd Guards Infantry Regiment
• 4th Guards Infantry Regiment
• 5th Guards Infantry Regiment
• Guards Recon Regiment
• 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment
• 2nd Guards Field Engineer Regiment
• Support units

See also

• Imperial Guard (Japan)

References

• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981.