2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

2nd Division
2nd Division
	The IJA 2nd Division celebrates landing at Merak, Java during World War II.
Active	1888 - 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Nickname(s)	"Courageous Division"
Engagements	First Sino-Japanese War Battle of Seonghwan; Battle of Lushunkou; Russo-Japanese War Battle of Yalu River (1904); Battle of Motien Pass; Battle of Liaoyang; Battle of Shaho; Battle of Sandepu; Battle of Mukden; World War II Battle of Khalkhin Gol; Battle of Java; Guadalcanal campaign; Battle of Central Burma;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Sakuma Samata; Nogi Maresuke; Nishi Kanjiro; Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko; Yoshijiro Umezu; Yasuji Okamura; Masao Maruyama

The 2nd Division (第2師団, Dai-ni shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō was Courageous Division (勇兵団, Isamu-heidan).

2nd Division (1937)
Parent unit	Kwantung Army
Components	3rd Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade 16th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Regiment 2nd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Engineer Regiment 2nd Transport Regiment