78th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

The 78th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army. The regiment began operation on 18 April 1916[1] and was attached to the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division. The regiment participated during the Second Sino-Japanese War and during the later stages of World War II, the regiment was in New Guinea, as part of the Japanese Eighteenth Army.

Organization

  • 1st Battalion
  • 2nd Battalion
  • 3rd Battalion

Commanders

References

  1. ^ 歩兵第七十八連隊・・・ [78th Infantry Regiment...]. Kanpō (in Japanese) (1135). National Printing Bureau: 8. 16 May 1916. doi:10.11501/2953245.