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.

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. Jūrō Gotō [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

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
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