| Canton Operation |
| Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War |
| Date |
October to December 1938 |
| Location |
Guangdong Province |
| Result |
Japanese victory |
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| Belligerents |
 Imperial Japanese Army,
 Imperial Japanese Navy Japan |
 National Revolutionary Army China |
| Commanders |
Lt. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku For Combined Fleet, please see that article For Carrier Striking Task Force, please see that article For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The National Revolutionary Army ( NRA) ( sometimes shortened to 國軍 or National Army) was the National Army China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Gen. Motoo Furusho,
Adm. was a Lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and commander of the Japanese Twenty-First Army in 1938 during the Canton Operation. Koichi Shiozawa |
Yu Han-mou |
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The Canton Operation was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Control of Canton and the Pearl River Delta would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective by seizing southern China's major port and isolate the British port of Hong Kong. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
Order of battle for Guangdong Operation
Order of battle for Canton Operation October to December 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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