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.[1][2]
Ground forces
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
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- 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
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- 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
- 100 motorboats and junks
China
As of end of October 1943.[1]
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
- 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
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- 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
- 100 bombers and fighters
References
- ^ a b Hsu and Chang
- ^ 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Generals of World War II
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
Web