Order of battle: Battle of Changde

Opposing commanders

Lt. Gen. Yokoyama Isamu

Gen. Sun Lianzhong

Gen. Xue Yue

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Changde in early November through late December 1943, part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

## Japan

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From end of October 1943.[1][2]

### Ground forces

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Eleventh Army
Lieut. General Isamu Yokoyama

3rd Division
Lieut. General Mitsuo Yamamoto[3][4]

3rd Infantry Brigade Group

6th Infantry Regiment
68th Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Regiment
3rd Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd Engineer Regiment
3rd Transport Regiment
13th Division
Lieut. General Tsutomu Akashika[3][4]

13th Infantry Brigade Group

65th Infantry Regiment
104th Infantry Regiment
116th Infantry Regiment
19th Mountain Artillery Regiment
17th Cavalry Regiment
13th Engineer Regiment
13th Transport Regiment
32nd Division (elements)
Lieut. Gen. Yoshio Ishii[3][4]

32nd infantry Brigade Group

210th Infantry Regiment
211th Infantry Regiment
212th Infantry Regiment
32nd Recon Regiment
32nd Field Artillery Regiment
32nd Transport Regiment
32nd Transport Regiment

34th Division (elements)
Lieut. General Takeo Ban[3][4]

34th infantry Brigade Group

216th Infantry Regiment
217th Infantry Regiment
218th Infantry Regiment
34th Recon Regiment
34th Field Artillery Regiment
24th Transport Regiment
34th Transport Regiment
39th Division
Lieut. General Raishiro Sumida[3][4]

39th Infantry Brigade Group

231st Infantry Regiment
232nd Infantry Regiment
233rd Infantry Regiment
39th Recon Regiment
39th Field Artillery Regiment
39th Military Engineer Regiment
39th Transport Regiment
40th Division (elements)
Lieut. General Seiichi Aoki[3][4]

40th Infantry Brigade Group

234th Infantry Regiment
235th Infantry Regiment
236th Infantry Regiment
40th Cavalry Regiment
40th Mountain Artillery Regiment
40th Military Engineer Regiment
40th Transport Regiment

68th Division
Lieut. General Tamejin Sakuma[3][4]

57th Infantry Brigade

61st Independent Infantry Battalion
62nd Independent Infantry Battalion
63rd Independent Infantry Battalion
64th Independent Infantry Battalion
58th Infantry Brigade

65th Independent Infantry Battalion
115th Independent Infantry Battalion
116th Independent Infantry Battalion
117th Independent Infantry Battalion
Labor troops
Signal communication unit
Transport team
116th Division
Lieut. General Hiroshi Iwanaga[3][4]

116th Infantry Brigade Group

109th Infantry Regiment
120th Infantry Regiment
133rd Infantry Regiment
122nd Field Artillery regiment
116th Military Engineer Regiment
116th Transport Regiment
17th Independent Mixed Brigade (elements)
Lieut. General Kenichi Kishigawa[3][4]

87th Infantry Battalion
88th Infantry Battalion
89th Infantry Battalion
90th Infantry Battalion
91st Infantry Battalion
Independent artillery troops
Independent labor troops
Independent signal communication unit

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### Naval forces

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100 motorboats and junks

## China

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As of end of October 1943.[1]

### Ground forces

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National Military Council

Sixth War Area
General Sun Lianzhong

29th Army Group
Wang Tsan-hu[clarification needed]

44th Corps – Wang Zezhun

105th Division
161st Division
162nd Division
73rd Corps – Wang Zhibin

15th Division
77th Division
5th Provincial Division
10th Army Group
Wang Jingjiu

79th Corps – Wang Jiaben

98th Division
194th Division
6th Provincial Division
66th Corps – Fang Jing

185th Division
199th Division
River Defence Force
Wu Jiwei

18th Corps – Luo Guangwen

118th Division
18th Division
55th Division
86th Corps – Zhu Dingjin

13th Division
26th Army Group
Zhou Ai

75th Corps – Liu Jiming

6th Division
16th Division
4th Reserve Division
32nd Corps – Song Gendang

139th Division
141st Division
33rd Army Group
Feng Zhi'an

59th Corps – Liu Chen-san

38th Division
180th Division
34th Provincial Division
79th Corps – He Jifeng [zh]

30th Division
132nd Division
179th Division
Wang Yaowu's Army

74th Corps – Wang Yaowu

51st Division
57th Division (Defended Changde)
58th Division
100th Corps – Shi Zhongzheng

19th Division
63rd Division

Ninth War Area
General Xue Yue

Li Yutang's Army

99th Corps – Liang Hanming

92nd Division
197th Division
54th Provincial Division
10th Corps – Fang Xianjue

3rd Division
190th Division
10th Reserve Division
Ou Zhen's Army
Ou Chen

58th Corps – Lu Daoyuan

New 10th Division
New 11th Division
72nd Corps – Fu Yi

New 13th Division
New 15th Division
7th Provincial Division – Wang Zuohua

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### Air forces

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100 bombers and fighters

## References

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1. ^ a b Hsu and Chang
2. ^ 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i The Generals of World War II
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Axis History Forum

## Sources

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### Print

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* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 412–416, Map 38.

### Web

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* "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
* "Generals from Japan". The Generals of World War II. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
* "Battle of Changde". Axis History Forum. Retrieved November 23, 2022.