Swatow Operation
The Swatow Operation (June 21–27, 1939; Chinese: 潮汕戰鬥) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China in order to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Control of Swatow and its harbour would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective.
| Swatow Operation | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||||
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Kondo Nobutake, Jūrō Gotō | Hua Chen-chung | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 43,000 | 38,400 | ||||||||
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| ? | ? | ||||||||
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