Order of Battle: Hainan Island Operation
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Japan
Hainan Conquest Forces - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake- MyokoJapanese cruiser Myokowas the name-ship of the four-member of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy — the other ships of the class being the Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro....
(5th Fleet flag ship) - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake - NagaraJapanese cruiser Nagarawas the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.-Background:...
- NatoriJapanese cruiser Natoriwas a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Natori River in Miyagi prefecture, Japan.-Background:Natori was the fourth vessel completed in the Nagara-class of light cruisers...
- 23rd Destroyer Group
- MochizukiJapanese destroyer Mochizukiwas one of twelve destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War...
, MutsukiJapanese destroyer Mutsukiwas the lead ship of twelve destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:...
, Mikazuki, Kikuzuki
- Mochizuki
- 45th Destroyer Group
- Matsukaze, Asakaze
- 28th Destroyer Group
- YūnagiJapanese destroyer Yunagi (1924)was the ninth and final vessel of the Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:Construction...
, AsanagiJapanese destroyer Asanagiwas the eighth vessel of the Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:Construction of the...
- Yūnagi
- 12th Minesweeper Group
- 1st Air Sentai
- AkagiJapanese aircraft carrier AkagiAkagi was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , originally begun as an . She was converted while still under construction to an aircraft carrier under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty...
, ChiyodaJapanese aircraft carrier Chiyodawas an Chitose class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was originally built as a seaplane carrier, before being converted to a light carrier from March to December 1943.She was damaged in the Battle of the Philippine Sea....
- Akagi
- 1st Air Unit
- 14th Kokutai
- 16th Kokutai
- 4th Base Force
- Yokosuka 4th SNLF
- Kure 6th SNLF
- Sasebo 8th SNLF
- 5th Garrison Unit
- Taiwan Mixed Brigade - (Major Gen. Iida)
- Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment
China
Wang Yi in overall command of defense of Hainan- 5th Security Brigade - Wang Yi
- 2 Security Regiments - About 1,600 men
- 7 Guard Battalions (Newly formed from residents) - 1,750 men
- Communist Independent Battalion - 300 men
- Xiuying Battery Garrisons (Still undergoing organization) - 250 men
Sources
- 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations
- Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
- Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
- Date published : 2005-7-1
- ISBN 7-214-03034-9
- Online in Chinese http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/A0170.htm#
- 第七部分:相持阶段前期的作战海南岛作战 1 Hainan Island battles