Its call sign was the Destruction Division (摧兵団, Sai Heidan).
It was an oversized (because the constituent brigades were including a six infantry battalions each since July 1944) type C(hei) security division.
The 89th division has relied on heavy fortifications of Minami Chishima Fortress.
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