the 11,000 Japanese soldiers, only 800 were evacuated to Cebu in January 1945. As result, the 1st Division ceased to exist as an operational unit. The remnants of division have participated in the Battle for Cebu City though. See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Reference and further reading Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, Pennsylvania: 1981 Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 13: The Liberation of the Philippines—Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944–1945 University of Illinois Press (2002), Vego Milan N. Battle for Leyte, 1944 : Allied And Japanese Plans, Preparations, And Execution. Naval Institute Press, 2006. This article incorporates material from the Japanese Wikipedia page 第1師団 (日本軍), accessed 8 March 2016 Japanese World War II divisions Infantry divisions of Japan Military units and formations established in 1871 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1871 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan