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

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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

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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

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* 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