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88th Division. The headquarters was in Toyohara , capital of province, based on the Suzuya plain, in the Southern Karafuto area, not far from the ports of Ootomari and Maoka . Conformation of Fortified district in Karafuto Province One example of such defensive structure stay in Japanese fortifications in to the north of Koton ( Naramitoshi ) Fortress (now Pobedino )part of Shikuka Fortified District ( FD ). It extended twelve kilometers along the front and was thirty kilometers deep.between the cities of Hanno , Futaro , Horomi , Miyuki and Horonai with center command in Koton .In this area, along the principal railroad that crossed the island from north to south, there were 17 permanent emplacements,31 artillery and 108 machine gun bunkers,28 artillery and 18 mortar position sand 150 shelters, these instalations was constructed by Obishiro Nayaro in 1939 over ancient fortifications from Russian-Japanese War period. The Karafuto Japanese 88th Division defended the FD organization. Together with support units it numbered up to 20,000 officers and men. The Japanese had 10,000 Military veterans served how reservists and civil volunteer defenders. this structure is very similar in next areas:
but theirs if assorted additionally included airbases, Naval bases, some Army or Aavy detachments and others, along of civil defenders units in land. KARAFUTO FORTIFICATION SYSTEM Special frontier unit with hq in Toyohara and detachments and fortified instalations in: Southern Karafuto Fortress area Toyohara Sub-Prefecture
Ootomari Sub-Prefecture
Maoka Sub-Prefecture
Nortern Karafuto Fortress Area Shikuka Sub-Prefecture
Ezotoru Sub-Prefecture
KARAFUTO DETACHMENT
JAPANESE NAVY DETACHMENTS IN KARAFUTO Japanese naval forces, poses some bases and infatry naval detachments in Maoka (front at Tartary Strait ) and Ootomari (in Aniwa Gulf ) ports, the principal ports in Karafuto.probably poses some units in ports in coasts of Taraika Bay , and city of Ezotoru at north of province. |
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