Order of battle for the Hainan Island Operation
Hainan Island Operation (10 February 1939) [1]
Japan
Hainan Conquest Forces - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake [2]
- Myoko (5th Fleet flagship) - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake
- Nagara
- Natori
- 23rd Destroyer Group
- 45th Destroyer Group
- Matsukaze, Asakaze
- 28th Destroyer Group
- 12th Minesweeper Group
- 1st Air Sentai
- 1st Air Unit
- 14th Kōkūtai
- 16th Kōkūtai
- 4th Base Force
- Yokosuka 4th SNLF
- Kure 6th SNLF
- Sasebo 8th SNLF
- 5th Garrison Unit
- Taiwan Mixed Brigade - (Major Gen. Iida)
- Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment
China
Wang Yi in overall command of defense of Hainan [3][4]
- 5th Security Brigade - Wang Yi
- 2 Security Regiments - About 1,600 men
- 7 Guard Battalions (Newly formed from residents) - 1,750 men
- Communist Independent Battalion - 300 men
- Xiuying[5] Battery Garrisons (Still undergoing organization) - 250 men
References
- ↑ http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=880632#p880632 Axis History Forum: re: Hainan Island
- ↑ http://www.f16.parsimony.net/forum27947/messages/7631.htm
- ↑ http://www.f16.parsimony.net/forum27947/messages/7656.htm
- ↑ http://www.hi.chinanews.com.cn/hnnew/2005-08-09/27531.html 日寇铁蹄何时践踏琼岛?1939年2月10日凌晨3时
- ↑ Near Haikou.
Sources
- 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations
- Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
- Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
- Date published : 2005-7-1
- ISBN 7-214-03034-9
- Online in Chinese
- 第七部分：相持阶段前期的作战海南岛作战 1 Hainan Island battles
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