Order of battle
Order of battle prior to August 13, 1937:
China
National Revolutionary Army
- Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7 1937)
- Nanking Shanghai Garrison – Chang Chih-Chung (50,000 men).
- 36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g]
- 87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g]
- 88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g]
- 55th Division – Li Sung-Chan
- 56th Division – Liu Ho-ting (later Liu Shang-chih)
- 57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang [R]
- 20th Sep. Bde – Gen. Chen Mien-wu
- [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions
- [R] Reorganized Divisions
- Shanghai City demilitarised on Chinese side according to Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement (1932)
- Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps)
Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
3rd Fleet : Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi
- Flagship: Izumo (Izumo class armoured cruiser)
- Notoro(seaplane tender)
- 11th (Gunboat) Sentai - Rear Admiral Tanimoto Umataro
- 8th (Cruiser) Sentai - Rear Admiral Nagumo
- 1st (Destroyer) Sentai - Rear Admiral Yoshida
- Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force - Rear Admiral Denshichi Okawachi
- 1st Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Uroku Hashimoto
- 2nd Battalion - Lt. Shigeshi Sano
- 3rd Battalion - Lt. Shegeru Ito
- 4th Battalion - Artillery unit, Disbanded at the outbreak of war, guns were dispersed to the infantry units.
- 9th Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Torashige Tsukioka
- Prior to hostilities: Total force (2,500 men)
- 8th Sentai NLF
- 1st Destroyer Sentai NLF
- 3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF
- Izumo NLF
- Reservists and volunteers (5000 men)
- 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
- ( Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard)
- Third Fleet operated in Central and South China waters.
- 11th Squadron evacuated Japanese civilians from the interior to Shanghai during July and early August.
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Order of battle soon after August 13, 1937:
Chinese forces after late September, 1937:
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National Revolutionary Army
3rd War Area - Generalisimo Chiang Kai-skek (after late Sept. 1937)
- Right Wing Force - General Chang Fa Kuei
- 8th Army Group - General Chang Fa Kuei
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- 62nd Division – Tao Kuang
- 63rd Division – Chen Kuang-chung
- 55th Division – Li Sung-Chan
- 45th Separate Brigade – Chang Luan-chi
- Artillery Btn., Training Div.
- 10th Army Group - Liu Chien-hsu
- 11th Reserve Division – Hu –Ta
- 128th Division – Ku Chia-chi
- 45th Division – Tai Min-chuan
- 52nd Division – Lu Hsin-jung
- 11th Temporary Brigade – Chou Hsi-ching
- 12th Temporary Brigade – Li Kuo-chun
- 37th Separate Brigade - Chen The-fa
- Guard Regiment – ?
- Ningpo Defense Commander – Wan Kao-lan
- Central Force Gen. Zhu Shao Liang
- 9th Army Group - Zhu Shao Liang
- 72nd Corps – Sun Yuan-liang
- 88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g]
- Peace Preservation Group
- 1st Regiment, 20th Separate Brigade
- 78th Corps – Sung Hsi-lien
- 36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g]
- 71st Corps – Wang Ching-chin
- 87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g]
- 61st Division – Chung Sung
- Salt Gabelle Division – Huang Chieh
- 3rd Division – Li Yu-tang[g]
- 18th Division – Chu Yao-hua
- Shanghai Garrison Command - Yang Hu
- 1st Battalion 3rd Regiment, 2nd Artillery Brigade
- 2 Heavy Mortar Units
- 2 Anti-tank batteries
- 1 Light tank Battalion
- 21st Army Group - Liao Lei
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- 1st Division - Li Tieh-chun
- 32nd Division - Wang Hsiu-shen
- 78th Division - Li Wen
- 48th Corps – Wei Yun-sung
- 173rd Division - Huo Wei-chen
- 174th Division - Wang Tsan-pin
- 176th Division - Ou Shou-nien
- 171st Division – Yang Cun-chang
- 19th Division – Li Chueh
- 16th Division - Peng Sung-ling
- Left Wing Force - General Chen Cheng
- 19th Army Group – Hsueh Yueh
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- 159th Division – Tan Sui
- 160th Division – Yeh Chao
- 6th Division – Chao Ai[g]
- 9th Division – Li Yen-nien[g]
- 25th Corps – Wan Yao-huang
- 13th Division – Wan Yao-huang
- 133rd Division – Yang Han-yu
- 134th Division – Yang Han-chung
- 69th Corps – Yuan Chao-chang
- 57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang[R]
- 15th Army Group – Lo Cho-yin
- 44th Division – Chen Yung
- 16th Artillery Regiment
- 16th Army – Lo Cho-ying
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- 60th Division - Chen Pei
- 11th Division - Peng Shan[R]
- 67th Division - Huag Wei[R]
- 54th Corps - Huo Kuei-chang
- 14th Division - Chen Lieh[g]
- 98th Division - Hisa Chu-chung
- 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
- 58th Division - Yu Chi-shih
- 34th Separate Brigade. – Lo Chi-chiang
- 56th Division - Liu Shang-chih
- 73rd Corps – Wang Tung-yuan
- 15th Division – Wang Chih-pin
- 102 Division - Po Hui-chang
- 103 Division - Ho Chih-chung
- 53 Division - Li Yun-heng
- 23 Division - Li Pi-fan
- 57th Corps – Miao Cheng-liu
- 111th Division - Chang En-tuo
- 112th Division - Huo Shou-yi
- River Defence Forces - Gen. Liu Hsing
- Chiangyin Fortress Command - Hsu Kang
- Chenchiang Fortress Command - Lin Hsien-yang
- 2nd Regiment Kiangsu Peace Preservation Force
- 1st Battalion 8th Artillery Regiment
- 11th Army - Shang-kuan Yunhsiang
- 40th Division - Liu Pei-hsu
- 33rd Division - Ma Hsing-hsien
- 76th Division - Wang Ling-yun
- 43rd Corps - Kuo Ju-tung
- 1st Battalion 3rd Artillery Regiment
- 4th Artillery Regiment
- 1st Battalion 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment [sFH 18 L/32 150mm How]
- Notes:
- [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions:
- [R] Reorganized Divisions
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Japanese forces from October 29, 1937:
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Imperial Japanese Army
Central China Front Army – Gen. Iwane Matsui
- (was formed on Oct. 29th 1937 to coordinate the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and
- the 10th Army.)
- Shanghai Expeditionary Force - Gen. Iwane Matsui,
- See previous order of battle
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- 16th Division – Gen. Kesao Nakashima (from N. China Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou)
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- 9th Infantry Regiment
- 20th Infantry Regiment
- 33rd Infantry Regiment
- 38th Infantry Regiment
- 22nd Field Artillery Regiment
- 20th Cavalry Regiment
- 16th Engineer Regiment
- 16th Transport Regiment
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- Shigeto Detachment - Major Gen. Shigeto (arrived Sept 7-16 from Formosa)
- Regiment sized, was later expanded into the Formosa Mixed Brigade. Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou)
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- ? Manchukuoan Brigade - Li Chung-shan (arrived Sept. 7-16)
- ? Manchukuoan Brigade - Yu Chih-shan (arrived Sept. 7-16)
- 10th Army – Major Gen. Heisuke Yamagawa (Nov. 5th landing at Chin shan wei)
- 9th Independent Light Armor Company [Taki/ PWf]
- 2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment[Taki/ PWf]
- 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade [CDF] [Taki/ PWf]
- 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers
- 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers
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- 6th Division - Lt. Gen. Tani
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- 23rd Infantry Regiment
- 45th Infantry Regiment
- 6th Field Artillery Regiment
- 6th Cavalry Regiment
- 6th Engineer Regiment
- 6th Transport Regiment
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- 18th Division - Lt. Gen. Ushijima
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- 55th Infantry Regiment
- 56th Infantry Regiment
- 114th Infantry Regiment
- 124th Infantry Regiment
- 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 22nd Cavalry Battalion
- 12th Engineer Regiment
- 12th Transport Regiment
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- 114th Division - Lt. Gen. Suematsu
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- 66th Infantry Regiment
- 115th Infantry Regiment
- 102nd Infantry Regiment
- 150th Infantry Regiment
- 120th Field Artillery Regt
- 118th Cavalry Regiment
- 114th Engineer Regiment
- 114th Transport Regiment
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- Kunizaki Detachment - Gen. Kunisaki (from North China)
- 9th Infantry Brigade/5th Division
- 11th Infantry Regiment
- 41st Infantry Regiment
- 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 5th Cavalry Regiment
- 5th Engineer Regiment
- 5th Transport Regiment
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Sources
- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. Pg. 200 - 214, Map 7.
- Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria, 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England.
- Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
- History of the Frontal War Zone in the Sino-Japanese War, published by Nanjing University Press.
- [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions:
3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 36th, 87th, 88th, and the Training Division of the Central Military Academy.
Also the "Tax Police" regiment (equivalent of a division) under T.V. Soong's Ministry of Finance, later converted to the New 38th Division during the war, were German armed and trained by German officers.
- [R] Reorganized Divisions were the other 12 other Divisions with Chinese arms on the reorganized model with 2 German advisors:
2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 25th, 27th, 57th, 67th, 80th, 83rd, 89th Division
- Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.