Battle of Changde order of battle

Opposing commanders

Lt. Gen. Yokoyama Isamu

Gen. Sun Lianzhong

Gen. 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. ^{[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

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

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

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 [ clarification needed ] 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.

Web

• "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
• "Generals from Japan". The Generals of World War II. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
• "Battle of Changde". Axis History Forum. Retrieved November 23, 2022.