105th Infantry Division (IQA) (Eordisverse)
| 105th Infantry Division | |
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| Sư đoàn bộ binh 105 | |
 Soldiers of the 178th Infantry Regiment at Songsinan's outskirts during the Battle of the Gap, January 1943 | |
| Active | 1938 – 1948 |
| Disbanded | 16 February 1948 |
| Country |  Quocvangist Quenmin |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} Imperial Quenminese Army |
| Type | Infantry |
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| Nickname(s) | White Berry Division |
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The 105th Infantry Division (Quenminese: Sư đoàn bộ binh 105) was an infantry division of the Imperial Quenminese Army. It was raised in Perpinne, Lorica and placed under the North Asianna Imperial Expeditionary Front's 23rd Corps to consolidate Quenminese holdings in the Frégues Province. It was soon transferred to the 21st Corps of the Joyonghea Imperial Expeditionary Front's 19th Army to partake in operations in Joyonghea and the Northern Corridor in the eponymous conflict until it was disbanded in 1948. Its callsign was the White Berry Division, and was one of the most distinguished divisions in the Army.
Action
The 105th Infantry Division was formed and activated on 15 January 1938 in Perpinne in the effort of the North Asianna Imperial Expeditionary Front to consolidate its newly gained holdings in the southern half of the Frégues Province after Operation Nguon Hong. It was assigned to the 23rd Corps of the 13th Army and participated in concluding actions in South Frégues. The 105th then went on to participate in the Siege of Perpiçon and the Battle of Haguemans during the Gennebagne Campaign. From September to October 1940, the division participated in the Bersalliers Campaign, where it played a major role in guaranteeing the Fall of Bersalliers and consolidating gains in and around the surrounding provinces.
In late January 1941, it was transferred to the 21st Corps of the 19th Army, a contingent force under the Joyonghea Imperial Expeditionary Front, as reinforcement to supplement the losses suffered during the Southern Quenminese Breakthrough. The division played a critical role in reversing the Joyonghean and Concordian advance in the Chug-an Campaign, particularly in the Battle of the Jeongeup Marshlands and Bloody Wednesday. It then participated in the Southern Joyonghean Campaign, Operation Gourding, and the 1941 Winter Campaign where it secured the line of retreat during the Liberation of Pusan. From 15 December 1942 to 2 February 1943, the division participated in the Battle of the Gap and contributed to the retreat of the Joyonghean and Lucian forces that enabled the isolation of Edward Samegawa's ZANACs. They also contributed to the Quenminese strategic victory at the Second Battle of Taeju, where the 39th Mactongese Infantry Regiment and the 178th Infantry Regiment reversed the flanking advance of Douglas Tecumseh Stilwell's Concordians outside the city. The division partook in the Battle of Mushroom Hill, whereupon a company of the 178th killed Namgung Wook-yun, the highest-ranking Joyonghean casualty, at the closing phase of the confrontation. During the November Offensive, the division fought in the Battle of Inje-Chuncheon Road where they almost annihilated Chae Hwa-young's vanguard force, only to be prevented by Samegawa's force. It then participated in Imperial counterattacks during the Autumn Counteroffensive, and would be distinguished further by their reversal of the Allied advance by the ZANACs and Joyongheans during the Battle of Yangseong. They would later suffer high casualties during the Battle of the Five Mountains, including the division's 2nd Field Hospital Section and the loss of its commander Phan Xuân Cung. Afterwards, the division was placed under the command of promoted brigade commander Ng Siu Hong. During the Northern Corridor Wars, they made their last stand at the Battle of Tsentai, and surrendered on 16 February 1948, depriving Marshal Quốc of a veteran formation that contributed to the eventual surrender of the entire Imperial Expeditionary Front.
Notable veterans
- Ng Siu Hong (Division Commander, 1944-1948)
- Đinh Quang Thạc (178th Regiment)
- Leung Quốc Tuấn (39th Mactongese)
- Tsui Fung Mei (39th Mactongese)
Quotes
"Tsentai is where I lost my army"
— Hồ Danh Sĩ Quốc after the Karakorum Offensive of 1948
Okita Hanamura, the highest-ranking Lucian commander in Joyonghea, had this to say about the division, mostly to the 39th Mactongese Infantry Regiment and to the rest of the Mactongese regiments employed:
"Though the ZANACs dealt with them for a while... It took the Rubrumians to put them in their place."