The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Changde (early November – late December 1943), of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japan[]
Japanese order of battle, from end of October 1943.[1][2]
11th Army - Lt. General Isamu Yokoyama
- 3rd Division - Lt. Gen. Mitsuo Yamamoto [3][4]
- 3rd Infantry Brigade Group
- 6th Infantry Regiment
- 68th Infantry Regiment
- 34th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Engineer Regiment
- 3rd Transport Regiment
- 3rd Infantry Brigade Group
- 13th Division - Lt. Gen. Tsutomu Akashika [3][4]
- 13th Infantry Brigade Group
- 65th Infantry Regiment
- 104th Infantry Regiment
- 116th Infantry Regiment
- 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 17th Cavalry Regiment
- 13th Engineer Regiment
- 13th Transport Regiment
- 13th Infantry Brigade Group
- 32nd Division (part) - Lt. Gen. Yoshio Ishii [3][4]
- 32nd infantry Brigade Group:
- 210th Infantry Regiment
- 211th Infantry Regiment
- 212th Infantry Regiment
- 32nd Recon Regiment
- 32nd Field Artillery Regiment
- 32nd Transport Regiment
- 32nd Transport Regiment
- 32nd infantry Brigade Group:
- 34th Division (part) - Lt. Gen. Takeo Ban [3][4]
- 34th infantry Brigade Group:
- 216th Infantry Regiment
- 217th Infantry Regiment
- 218th Infantry Regiment
- 34th Recon Regiment
- 34th Field Artillery Regiment
- 24th Transport Regiment
- 34th Transport Regiment
- 34th infantry Brigade Group:
- 39th Division - Lt. Gen. Raishiro Sumida [3][4]
- 39th Infantry Brigade Group:
- 231st Infantry Regiment
- 232nd Infantry Regiment
- 233rd Infantry Regiment
- 39th Recon Regiment
- 39th Field Artillery Regiment
- 39th Military Engineer Regiment
- 39th Transport Regiment
- 39th Infantry Brigade Group:
- 40th Division (part) - Lt. Gen. Seiichi Aoki [3][4]
- 40th Infantry Brigade group:
- 234th Infantry Regiment
- 235th Infantry Regiment
- 236th Infantry Regiment
- 40th Cavalry Regiment
- 40th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 40th Military Engineer Regiment
- 40th Transport Regiment
- 40th Infantry Brigade group:
- 68th Division - Lt. Gen. Tamejin Sakuma [3][4]
- 57th Infantry Brigade:
- 61st Independent Infantry Battalion
- 62nd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 63rd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 64th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 58th Infantry Brigade:
- 65th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 115th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 116th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 117th Independent Infantry Battalion
- Labor troops
- Signal communication unit
- Transport team
- 57th Infantry Brigade:
- 116th Division - Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Iwanaga [3][4]
- 116th Infantry Brigade Group
- 109th Infantry Regiment
- 120th Infantry Regiment
- 133rd Infantry Regiment
- 122nd Field Artillery regiment
- 116th Military Engineer Regiment
- 116th Transport Regiment
- 116th Infantry Brigade Group
- 17th Independent Mixed Brigade (part) - Lt. Gen. Kenichi Kishigawa [3][4]
- 87th, Infantry Battalion
- 88th Infantry Battalion
- 89 th Infantry Battalion
- 90th Infantry Battalion
- 91st Infantry Battalion
- Independent Artillery Troops
- Independent Labor Troops
- Independent signal communication unit
- 100 motorboats and junks.
Airforce:?
China[]
Chinese order of battle as of end of October 1943.[1]
National Military Council
- 6th War Area - Sun Lien-chung
- 29th Army Group - Wang Tsan-hu
- 44th Corps - Wang Tse-chun
- 105th Division
- 161st Division
- 162nd Division
- 73rd Corps - Wang Chih-pin
- 15th Division
- 77th Division
- 5th Provincial Division
- 44th Corps - Wang Tse-chun
- 10th Army Group - Wang Ching-Chiu
- 79th Corps - Wang Chia-pen
- 98th Division
- 194th Division
- 6th Provincial Division
- 66th Corps - Fang Ching
- 185th Division
- 199th Division
- 79th Corps - Wang Chia-pen
- River Defence Force - Wu Chi-wei
- 18th Corps - Lo Kuang-wen
- 118th Division
- 18th Division
- 55th Division
- 86th Corps - Chu Ting-Chin
- 13th Division
- 18th Corps - Lo Kuang-wen
- 26th Army Group - Chou Ai
- 75th Corps - Liu Chi-ming
- 6th Division
- 16th Division
- 4th Reserve Division
- 32nd Corps - Sung Ken-tang
- 139th Division
- 141st Division
- 75th Corps - Liu Chi-ming
- 33rd Army Group - Feng Chih-an
- 59th Corps - Liu Chen-san
- 38th Division
- 180th Division
- 34th Provincial Division
- 79th Corps - Ho Chi-feng
- 30th Division
- 132nd Division
- 179th Division
- 59th Corps - Liu Chen-san
- Wang Yao-wu's Army
- 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
- 51st Division
- 57th Division (Defended Changteh)
- 58th Division
- 100th Corps - Shih Chung-cheng
- 19th Division
- 63rd Division
- 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
- 29th Army Group - Wang Tsan-hu
- 9th War Area - Hsueh Yueh
- Li Yu-tang's Army
- 99th Corps - Liang Han-ming
- 92nd Division
- 197th Division
- 54th Provincial Division
- 10th Corps - Fang Hsien-chueh
- 3rd Division
- 190th Division
- 10th Reserve Division
- 99th Corps - Liang Han-ming
- Ou Chen's Army - Ou Chen
- 58th Corps - Lu Tao-yuan
- New 10th Division
- New 11th Division
- 72nd Corps - Fu Yi
- New 13th Division
- New 15th Division
- 7th Provincial Division - Wang Tso-hua
- 58th Corps - Lu Tao-yuan
- Li Yu-tang's Army
Airforce: 100 bombers and fighters
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971) History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung. Chung Wu Publishing. pp.412-416, Map 38
- ↑ 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Generals from Japan
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Axis History Forum: Battle of Changde
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