Japanese Order of Battle at Iwo Jima
Imperial Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi
109th Division, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi
Headquarters Group
Communications
Anti-Aircraft, Major Shotaro Azuma
Headquarters Guard
Storm Company
Rocket Gun, Group B
Water Works
Ammunition Depot
Trench Mortar, 1st Company
145th Regiment, Colonel Masuo Ikeda
First Battalion, Major mitsuaki Hara
Second Battalion, Major Yasutake
Third Battalion, Major Kenro Anso
Artillery Battalion, Captain Matsuda
Engineer Battalion, Captain Kikuzo Musashino
Field Hospital
17th Independent Mixed Regiment
Third Battalion, Major Tomachi Fujiwara
26th Tank Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel (Baron) Takeichi Nishi
2nd Mixed Brigade, Major General Sadasue Senda
309th Independent Infantry Battalion, Captain Awatsu
310th Independent Infantry Battalion, Major Iwatani
311th Independent Infantry Battalion, Major Tatsumi
312th Independent Infantry Battalion, Captain Osada
314th Independent Infantry Battalion, Captain Hakuda
Artillery Battalion, Major Kazuo Maeda
Engineer Battalion, Major Maekawa
Field Hospital, Major Masaru Inaoka
Brigade Artillery Group, Colonel Chosaku Kaido
Second Mixed Brigade, Major Kazuo Maeda
145th Infantry Regiment, Captain Masuda
Second Trench Mortar Battalion, Major Jusuke Nadao
Third Trench Mortar Battalion, Major Koichiro Kobayashi
20th Independent Artillery Mortar Battalion, Captain Mitsuo Mizutari
8th Independent Anti-Tank Battalion, Captain Hajime Shimizu
9th Independent Anti-Tank Battalion, Major Okubo
10th Independent Anti-Tank Battalion, Major Matsushita
11th Independent Anti-Tank Battalion, Captain Node
12th Independent Anti-Tank Battalion, Captain Masao Hayauchi
1st Independent Machine Gun Battalion, Captain Ko Kawanami
2nd Independent Machine Gun Battalion, Major Tokio Kawasaki
Other Units
20th Special Machine Cannon Unit, 2nd Lieutenant Momozaki
21st Special Machine Cannon Unit, 2nd Lieutenant Isamu Kondo
43rd Special Machine Cannon Unit, 1st Lieutenant Tamara
44th Special Machine Cannon Unit
Rocket Gun Company, Captain Yoshio Yokoyama
Fifth Fortress Engineer Company
21st Well Drilling Team
Iwo Freight Depot Team
Imperial Japanese Navy, Rear Admiral Toshinosuke Ichimaru
Naval Guard Force, Captain Samaji Inouye
Operations, Commander Takeji Mase
Communications, Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Arioka
Engineering, Lieutenant Commander Narimasa Okada
Supply, Lieutenant Commander Okazaki
Suribachi Commander, Captain Kanehiko Atsuchi
125th Anti-Aircraft Defense Unit, Lieutenant (j.g.) Tamura
132nd Anti-Aircraft Defense Unit, Ensign Okumura
141st Anti-Aircraft Defense Unit, Lieutenant (j.g.) Doi
204th Naval Construction Battalion, Lieutenant Fujiro Iida
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