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Canton Operation
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Japanese naval landing forces blasting Chinese pillbox and marching with the naval flag
Date
12 October – 29 October 1938 (2 weeks and 3 days)
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
Units involved
21st Army:[1]
5th Division
18th Division
104th Division
4th Air Division
5th Fleet:[2]
9th, 10th and 8th Cruiser Divisions
2nd and 5th Torpedo Squadrons
1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions
Seaplane tenders Chitose and Kamikawa Maru
3rd Destroyer Division
1st Gunboat Division
12th Army Group:[3]
62nd Army
63rd Army
64th Army
65th Army
93rd Division (under the 66th Army)
20th Independent Brigade
9th Independent Brigade
2nd Independent Regiment
Humen Fortress Command
Strength
Imperial Japanese Army:[4]
70,000 men
27,000 horses
Army aircraft:[5]
4 direct support aircraft
24 fighters
27 light bombers
Total aircraft: 55
Imperial Japanese Navy:[2]
2 aircraft carriers
1 light aircraft carrier
1 heavy cruiser
8 light cruisers
23 destroyers
2 seaplane tenders
3 gunboats
6 minesweepers
Navy aircraft:[5]
39 carrier fighters
45 carrier bombers
43 carrier torpedo bombers
6 naval reconnaissance aircraft
9 medium bombers
Total aircraft: 142
Transports:[6]
80 daihatsu
180 shohatsu
300 motorized sampans
250 barges
200-250 fishing ships
10 tugboats
20-25 sea trucks
10 launches
80,000 men[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
Official Japanese war records claim:[4]
173 killed
493 wounded
1,264 sick
Total casualties: 1,930
1,069 horses killed, wounded or sick[4]
5 aircraft[7]
Chinese claim:[citation needed]
2,954 killed
5,645 wounded
2,643 missing
Total casualties: 11,242
Official Japanese war records claim 1,340 captured.[8]
Official Japanese war records claim:[8]
2,371 rifles
214 heavy and light machineguns
134 artillery pieces
53 coastal artillery pieces
21 tanks and light armored vehicles
151 vehicles
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Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho, 
Adm. Koichi Shiozawa
Yu Han-mou
