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| Swatow Operation | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Kondo Nobutake,  Jūrō Gotō |
 Hua Chen-chung | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 43,000 | 13,669[1][a] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| ? |
Chinese claim :[2][1][a] 754 killed 477 wounded 1258 missing | ||||||||
The Swatow Operation (June 21–27, 1939; Chinese: 潮汕戰鬥) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China in order to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Control of Swatow and its harbour would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective.