ORDER OF BATTLE SWATOW OPERATION

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

Contents

'Japan'

China

Sources:

'Japan'

Imperial Japanese Navy
'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. Juro Goto [2]

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★ 132nd Infantry Brigade

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★ 137th Infantry Regiment

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★ 161st Infantry Regiment

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★ 70th Independent Infantry Battalion

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★ 2 Mountain Gun Batteries

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★ 2 engineer companies

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★ Tankette platoon

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★ Rivercrossing material company
'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:
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★ 40+ ships

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★ 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