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.

[edit] 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]
  • 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

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

[edit] 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 - ?

[edit] 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