Military unit
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the , after Hitachi Province. It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Utsunomiya as a triangular division. It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st, 202nd, 205th, 206th, 209th, 212th, 214th and 216th Divisions created as part of the reaction to the Battle of Okinawa.
History.
On 19 June 1945, the "214th Division" organization and deployment was complete. The 519th Infantry Regiment was in Utsunomiya, 520th - in Yaita, and 521st infantry regiment - in Setagaya. Other smaller sub-units were stationed at Nasushiobara. The "214th division" was assigned to the army mobile reserve and did not see any combat by the time of the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.
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