64th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

64th Division
Active	1943 - 1946
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	garrison
Garrison/HQ	Yangzhou
Nickname(s)	Open Division
Engagements	Operation Ichi-Go

The 64th Division (第64師団, Dai-rokujūyon Shidan^?) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Open Division (開兵団, Kai Heidan^?). It was formed on 1 May 1943 in Hubei province, simultaneously with the 62nd and 63rd divisions as a security (type C) division. The nucleus for the formation was the 12th from Chuzhou. As a security division, it lacked an artillery regiment. The men of the division were drafted from the Hiroshima mobilization district.

10 July 1943, the 64th division was assigned to 20th army. The division garrisoned then Yangzhou, Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhenjiang and Wuxi. With the 11th army planning Battle of Changsha (1944) in March 1944, the 64th division was reassigned to Changsha area.

The 64th division has started to participate in the Operation Ichi-Go from October 1944. It was still in Changsha at the day of surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.

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