32nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Division (第32師団, Dai-sanjuni Shidan?) was an infantry division during World War II. The division was raised in February 1939 and was stationed in China from May 1939. In April 1944 it was deployed to Halmahera in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and surrendered to the US Army in August 1945.
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