Canton Operation

Canton Operation
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
	; Japanese naval landing forces blasting Chinese pillbox and marching with the naval flag
Date	October–December 1938
Location	Guangdong Province
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japan Imperial Japanese Army; Imperial Japanese Navy;	China Republic of China Army;
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho, ; Adm. Koichi Shiozawa	Yu Han-mou
Strength
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Casualties and losses
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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.

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