Canton Operation

Canton Operation Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War Date October to December 1938 Location Guangdong Province Result Japanese victory Belligerents Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy Japan National Revolutionary Army China Commanders and leaders Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho, Adm. Koichi Shiozawa Yu Han-mou Strength ? ? Casualties and losses ? ?

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.

See also

• Order of battle for Guangdong Operation