Order of Battle for Battle of South Guangxi

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The Order of Battle for the Battle of South Guangxi by country is as follows:

The Battle of South Guangxi was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Japan

21st Army (to Feb. 9th 1940) - Lt. Gen. Rikichi Andō [6,7]

Rikichi Andō Japanese general

Rikichi Andō was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945.

22nd Army (10 Feb 1940 - 19 Nov 1940,- Army disbanded) - Lt. Gen Seiichi Kuno [6]

Seiichi Kuno was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Hitoshi Imamura Japanese general

Hitoshi Imamura was a general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Aketo Nakamura was a Japanese lieutenant general during World War II.

Takuro Matsui Japanese military personnel

Takurō Matsui was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

January 1940 reinforcements from Canton

Takeshi Sakurada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Army Airforce:

Navy Airforce:

Notes:

After 9 February 1940, the 18th Division was returned to Canton and the 21st Army was disbanded, the forces of the 21st Army came under the control of the Southern China Area Army (Canton) under General Rikichi Andō (10 Feb 1940 - 5 Oct 1940) and General Jun Ushiroku (5 Oct 1940 - 26 Jun 1941)[6]. The forces remaining in Guangxi, now subordinate to South China Front Army, became the Japanese Twenty-Second Army under Lt. Gen Seiichi Kuno (10 Feb 1940 - 19 Nov 1940)[6], until the Army was disbanded at the end of the campaign. On June 3, 1940, the Guards Mixed Brigade became the 1st Guards Brigade of the 1st Guards Division. The 2nd Imperial Guards Infantry Regiment under Col. Kunio Osonoe from 1st Guards Brigade was assigned to the Indochina Expeditionary Army in September, 1940. In October 1940, the remainder of 1st Guards Brigade (1st Guard Regiment and support units) joined other Japanese units occupying French Indochina.

China

Generalissimo's HQ in Kweilin - Pai Chung-hsi [1]

Air Forces: **

Notes:

1. 16th Army Group and 26th Army Group were original defenders of Gwangxi. Other units were reinforcements which gradually arrived from Hunan, Gwangtung, and Szechuan. [1]

2. On 18 December the Chinese launched a successful counter-offensive against the Japanese in the Kwangsi Province. To support the Chinese Kwangsi-offensive and direct the air-units the more experienced 1st ARC (Colonel Chang Ting-Meng) temporarily replaced the 2nd ARC (Colonel Hsing Chan-Fei) at Liuchou, with the 2nd ARC moving to rear positions at Kwei-Lin.

Taking part in the offensive were 115 aircraft of the 3rd, 4th and 5th PGs, 6th BG, 18th PS and one of the Soviet groups. [3]

Sources

[1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed.,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.

[2] 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)

[3] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937–45

[4] Imperial Guard of Japan

[6] Generals from Japan (World War II)

[7] Re: Orbat for Southern Kuangsi Campaign

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