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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Changde in early November through late December 1943, part of the Second Sino-Japanese War .
From end of October 1943.[ 1] [ 2]
Eleventh Army
Lieut. General Isamu Yokoyama
3rd Division
Lieut. General 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
Lieut. General 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 (elements)
Lieut. 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 (elements)
Lieut. General 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
Lieut. General 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 (elements)
Lieut. General 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
Lieut. General 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
Lieut. General 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 (elements)
Lieut. General Kenichi Kishigawa [ 3] [ 4]
87th Infantry Battalion
88th Infantry Battalion
89th Infantry Battalion
90th Infantry Battalion
91st Infantry Battalion
Independent artillery troops
Independent labor troops
Independent signal communication unit
100 motorboats and junks
As of end of October 1943.[ 1]
National Military Council
100 bombers and fighters
^ a b Hsu and Chang
^ 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Japanese army that invaded China)
^ a b c d e f g h i The Generals of World War II
^ a b c d e f g h i Axis History Forum
Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) . Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 412–416, Map 38.