Order of battle Swatow Operation

The following units and commanders fought in the Swatow Operation, June 21–27, 1939, of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy 5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake [2]
 * 5th Destroyer Sentai
 * 12th Minesweeper Unit
 * 21st Minesweeper Unit
 * 45th Destroyer Unit
 * Chiyoda (carrier) -
 * 3rd Combined Air Unit
 * Canton Air Unit
 * Sasebo 9th SNLF


 * Goto Detachment - Major Gen. Jūrō Gotō [2]
 * 132nd Infantry Brigade
 * 137th Infantry Regiment
 * 161st Infantry Regiment
 * 70th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * 2 Mountain Gun Batteries
 * 2 engineer companies
 * Tankette platoon
 * Rivercrossing material company

Airforces: IJN airforces from: [2]
 * Chiyoda -
 * 3rd Combined Air Unit
 * Canton Air Unit

Notes:
 * Goto Detachment was built around the 132nd Infantry Brigade detached from 104th Division from 21st Army in Canton, in South China.


 * 5th Fleet Naval force strength: *[1]
 * 40+ ships
 * 10+ motorboats

China
Local defenders:
 * #? Brigade - Hua Chen-chung
 * Local Militia - ?
 * 2nd Peace Preservation Regiment
 * 4th Peace Preservation Regiment
 * 5th Peace Preservation Regiment
 * Training Regiment

Later reinforcements:
 * 5th Reserve Division - ?
 * 1st Advance Column - ?