Canton Operation

Canton Operation
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Japanese naval landing forces blasting Chinese pillbox and marching with the naval flag
Date October–December 1938 Location Guangdong Province Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japan  Imperial Japanese Army  Imperial Japanese Navy	China  National Revolutionary Army
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho, Adm. Koichi Shiozawa	Yu Han-mou
Strength
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Casualties and losses
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 Japan

 China

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.

Coordinates: 23°05′N 113°18′E / 23.09°N 113.30°E / 23.09; 113.30

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