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)
- 132nd Infantry Brigade
- 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
- Goto Task Force:
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
- 3rd Combined Naval Air Group
- Land Units:
- Sasebo 9th Special Naval Landing Force: Commander Hisayuki Soeda
- Other auxiliary vessels[1][2][3]
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
- ^ 阪上, 節介 (1970). 歩兵第百六十一聯隊史 : 和歌山・岐阜郷土部隊戦記 [History of the 161st Infantry Regiment: Combat Histories of Wakayama and Gifu's Home Units]. 阪上節介. p. 112-113,119.
- ^ 戦史叢書第089巻 支那事変陸軍作戦＜2＞昭和十四年九月まで [Senshi Sōsho Volume 89 - Army Operations in the China Incident, Vol II (Until Sep 1939)] (in Japanese). The National Institute for Defense Studies. 1976. p. 344. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- ^ 毎日新聞社 (1979). 一億人の昭和史 日本の戦史 5 (日中戦争 3). 毎日新聞社. p. 94.
- 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