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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 107th Division
|native_name=第107師団
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|dates= 1944 - 1945
|country= {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan]]
|allegiance=[[Forty-Fourth Army (Japan)|44th army]]
|branch=[[Imperial Japanese Army]]
|type=[[Infantry]]
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|command_structure=
|garrison=[[Arxan]]
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|current_commander=
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|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|notable_commanders=[[:ja:安部孝一|Koichi Abe]]
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|nickname=Lull division
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|battles=[[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]]
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 107th Division
| date = 1945
| parent = [[Forty-Fourth Army (Japan)|44th army]]
| subordinate =*90. Infantry regiment ([[Hirosaki]])
*177. Infantry regiment ([[Hirosaki]])
*178. Infantry regiment ([[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]])
*107. [[Reconnaissance regiments (Japan)|Reconnaissance regiment]]
*107. Field artillery regiment
*107. Engineer regiment
*107. Transport regiment
*107. [[Airborne forces|Airborne]] company
*107. Signals company
*107. Ordnance company
*107. Veterinary department
*107. [[Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department]]
}}
The {{nihongo|'''107th Division'''|第107師団|Dai-hyakunana Shidan}} was an [[infantry]] [[Division (military unit)|division]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. Its [[call sign]] was the {{nihongo|'''Lull Division'''|凪兵団|Nagi Heidan}}. It was formed 16 May 1944 in [[Arxan]] as a [[triangular division]]. The nucleus for the formation was the 7th independent mixed regiment. The division was permanently assigned to the [[Forty-Fourth Army (Japan)|44th army]].
==Action==
During a [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]] the ''107th division'' was ordered to march 600km from [[Arxan]] to [[Changchun]] 12 August 1945. 14 August 1945, the advance elements of the ''107th division'' were ambushed by the Soviet armoured regiment. 15 August 1945 the ''107th division'' was cut from all communications, including radio, and fled to the [[Inder, Mongolia|Inder]] in [[Jalaid Banner]] mountainous region, breaking a contact with Soviet forces. The contact was re-established 25 August 1945, and the division formally surrendered 27 August 1945.

During the fighting, about 1500 division members have perished. Further 2000 have never returned after been taken prisoner by the [[Soviet Union]]. Although small fraction of the prisoners have returned to Japan in 1949, the majority were not released until 1956. <ref>[http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/glossary_en/term/0100-0040-0070-0010-0010-0020-0080-0020.html 107th Division (Man/Nagi)]</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Japanese Infantry Divisions]]
==Notes and references==
*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page [[:ja:第107師団 (日本軍)|第107師団 (日本軍)]], accessed 27 June 2016
* Madej, W. Victor, ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle'', 1937-1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.
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