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Swatow Operation order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Swatow Operation, June 21–27, 1939, of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan

Imperial Japanese Army

21st Army Commander: Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando

  • Goto Task Force Commander: Major General Juro Goto
  • Goto Task Force:
  • 132nd Infantry Brigade
  • 137th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Takashi Mori
  • 161st Infantry Regiment (excluding 1st Battalion): Colonel Tadao Inui
  • Independent 10th Mountain Gun Regiment (excluding 3rd Battalion)
  • Attached Units:
  • Independent 70th Infantry Battalion: Major Jitaro Oda
  • 1 Tankette Platoon, Independent 11th Tankette Company
  • 1 Radio Platoon
  • 1 Railway Platoon, 2nd Railway Regiment
  • Rivercrossing Material Company, 6th and 21st Divisions
  • Military Police Detachment, 21st Army
  • Landing Work Force:
  • 1 Engineer Company, Independent 10th Engineer Regiment
  • Independent 14th Engineer Regiment (excluding 1 Company)
  • Roadstead Command Headquarters
  • 8th Division 12th Land Transport Unit (excluding two squads)
  • 1 Maritime Transport Squad, 11th and 21st Divisions
  • Detachment, Ship Communications Unit

Imperial Japanese Navy

5th Fleet Commander: Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake

  • Surface Units:
  • 9th Squadron
  • 5th Torpedo Squadron
  • 12th Minesweeper Unit
  • 21st Minesweeper Unit
  • 45th Destroyer Division
  • Air Units:
  • 3rd Combined Naval Air Group
  • 24 land-based bombers
  • 9 reconnaissance seaplanes
  • Seaplane Tender Chiyoda
  • 9 reconnaissance seaplanes
  • Canton Aircraft Unit
  • 1 flying boat
  • 1 reconnaissance seaplane
  • Land Units:
  • Sasebo 9th Special Naval Landing Force: Commander Hisayuki Soeda
  • Other auxiliary vessels

Notes:

  • Goto Task Force 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 - ?

References

  • 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