170th Infantry Regiment
ActiveWorld War II
BranchInfantry
Part ofTwenty-First st Army
EngagementsSecond Sino-Japanese War

The 170th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army. The regiment was attached to the 21st Army until 1940. The regiment participated during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. In 1941, it formed the basis of the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade.[1]

Organization

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

References

  1. ↑ Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Duncan Anderson (ed.). Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43. Oxford and New York: Osprey. p. 11. ISBN 1-84176-870-7.
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