Order of battle Swatow Operation
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The following units and commanders fought in the Swatow Operation, June 21–27, 1939, of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake [2]
Airforces:
IJN airforces from: [2]
Notes:
Later reinforcements:
Second Sino-Japanese War
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5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake [2]
- 5th Destroyer Sentai
- 12th Minesweeper Unit
- 21st Minesweeper Unit
- 45th Destroyer Unit
- Chiyoda (carrier) -
- 3rd Combined Air Unit
- Canton Air Unit
- Sasebo 9th SNLF
- Goto Detachment - Major Gen. Jūrō GotōJuro Gotowas a Major-General in the Japanese Imperial Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.-Biography:A native of Yamagata prefecture, Gotō was a graduate of the 19th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1907....
[2]- 132nd Infantry Brigade
- 137th Infantry Regiment
- 161st Infantry Regiment
- 70th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 2 Mountain Gun Batteries
- 2 engineer companies
- Tankette platoon
- Rivercrossing material company
- 132nd Infantry Brigade
Airforces:
IJN airforces from: [2]
- Chiyoda -
- 3rd Combined Air Unit
- Canton Air Unit
Notes:
- Goto Detachment was built around the 132nd Infantry Brigade detached from 104th Division from 21st Army in Canton, in South China.
- 5th Fleet Naval force strength: *[1]
- 40+ ships
- 10+ motorboats
China
Local defenders:- #? Brigade - Hua Chen-chung
- Local Militia - ?
- 2nd Peace Preservation Regiment
- 4th Peace Preservation Regiment
- 5th Peace Preservation Regiment
- Training Regiment
Later reinforcements:
- 5th Reserve Division - ?
- 1st Advance Column - ?
Sources
- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed.,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. Pg. 492-493.
- The Japanese OOB of Swatow Operation