Canton Operation
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- Major engagements in bold
- Began in 1931–37
- Began in 1937–39
- Began in 1940–42
- Began in 1943–45
- Others
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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. 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.
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Coordinates: 23°05′N 113°18′E / 23.09°N 113.30°E / 23.09; 113.30