Order of Battle: Battle of Changde

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
- River Defence Force - Wu Chi-wei
  - 18th Corps - Lo Kuang-wen
    - 118th Division
    - 18th Division
    - 55th Division
  - 86th Corps - Chu Ting-Chin
    - 13th Division
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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

Airforce: 100 bombers and fighters

Sources

1 2 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)
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