13th Division | |
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Active | 1 April 1905 – 1 May 1925 10 September 1937 – 1945 |
Country | Empire of Japan |
Branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | 25,000 men |
Garrison/HQ | Takada, Japan |
Nickname(s) | Mirror Division |
Engagements | Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
The 13th Division (第13師団, Dai Jūsan Shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Mirror Division (鏡兵団, Kagami-heidan), and its military symbol was 13D. The 13th Division was one of four new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in the closing stages of the Russo-Japanese War 1 April 1905, after it turned out what the entire IJA was committed to combat in Manchuria, leaving not a single division to guard the Japanese home islands from attack.