66th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 66th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Daring Division. It was formed on 12 July 1944 in Taipei city on Taiwan island. The nucleus for the formation was the 46th Independent mixed brigade casualties and local recruits. Also, the 249th infantry regiment was formed primarily from Takasago men.Action
The 66th division was permanently assigned to the 10th area army. It was assigned to the coastal defence duties around Keelung, but did not see any combat until the surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.
The 102nd Independent Mixed Brigade was detached from the 66th division to guard an area on south of Hualien City in February 1945.
