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Opposing commandersLt. Gen. Yokoyama IsamuGen. Sun LianzhongGen. 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

From end of October 1943.

Ground forces

Eleventh Army
Lieut. General Isamu Yokoyama

3rd Division
Lieut. General Mitsuo Yamamoto
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Naval forces

100 motorboats and junks

China

As of end of October 1943.

Ground forces

National Military Council

Sixth War Area
General Sun Lianzhong
29th Army Group
Wang Tsan-hu
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

Air forces

100 bombers and fighters

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ The Generals of World War II
  4. ^ Axis History Forum

Sources

Print

  • 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.

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