Canton Operation
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Canton Operation | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
Japanese naval landing forces blasting Chinese pillbox and marching with the naval flag | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho, Adm. Koichi Shiozawa | Yu Han-mou | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
IJA 21st Army IJN 4th Flight group | NRA 12th Army group | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,500 | 10,000 |
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.