Hainan Island Operation
Japanese campaign in the Second Sino-Japanese War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the operation during the Chinese Civil War, see Battle of Hainan Island.
The Hainan Island Operation (Chinese: 瓊崖戰役), or Kainan-tō sakusen (海南島作戦) in Japanese, was part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War to blockade the Guangdong mainland and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.
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Part of the Second World War | |||||||||
Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in trucks during the invasion of Hainan (Asahi Shinbun news photo) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Empire of Japan | China | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Vice Adm. Kondo Nobutake | Yu Hanmou | ||||||||
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Imperial Japanese Navy | Republic of China Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Elements of IJN 5th Fleet | 25,000 | ||||||||
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Unknown | 3,000 killed |
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