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: * 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