Order of battle for Amoy Operation
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Order of battle for Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938
Japan[]
Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938[1]
5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa[2]
- 9th Sentai - ?
- 10th Sentai - ?
- 1st Air Sentai - ? *
- Kaga [aircraft carrier]
- 90 aircraft
- Fighter daitai - ? Nakajima A2N, ? Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M[4]
- Bomber Daitai - ? ( Aichi D1A1s, A2's) carrier bombers [4]
- Attack daitai - ? Mitsubishi B2M, ? Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 Torpedo bomber [4]
- 90 aircraft
- Kaga [aircraft carrier]
- 3rd Air Sentai -? *
- 2nd Combined SNLF
- Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
- Kure 3rd SNLF
- Sasebo 7th SNLF
- Kinmen (Quemoy) Garrison
- 1st Garrison Unit
Notes[]
- Earlier in the Shanghai campaign the 1st Air Sentai had an escort of a 30th Tai of 4 destroyers. Formerly Kamoi had an escort of 28th Tai of 4 destroyers also. It is likely they had similar if not the same escorts here.
- From: History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
- 5/10 11 Ships and 18 planes bombarded Ho-to and Ao-tou. 20 motor boats landed infantry at Wu-tung.
- 5/11 More landings at Huang-tso and Ta-tao. 3 destroyers and 2 Gunboats attacked the fortress there to cover the landings. This indicates there was at least one Tai of destroyers with this operation.
China[]
Amoy Defense Operation May 10–12, 1938
Amoy Area - Director, Fukien Pacification HQ. - Chen Yi[1]
- 75th Division - Han Wen-ying
- Amoy fortress Command - Kao Hsien-shen
- Pai-shih Fortress
- Yu-tse-wei Fortress (naval garrison)
- 2 Batteries of Fortress Garrison Forces
- Hui-li-shan battery
- Pan-shih battery
- 2 Batteries of Fortress Garrison Forces
Sources[]
- ^ a b Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Wen Ha-hsiung (trans.) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.
- ^ "Imperial Japanese Navy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ a b c d "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ a b c d "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45".
- Madej, W. Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols]. Allentown, PA.
- "Axis History forum: The Sino-Japanese War(Campaigns in detail)".
- "Axis History forum: OOB IJN Amphibious Assault Xiamen (Amoy) May 10, 1938] Maps, narrative, oob info and discussion".
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