Operation Chahar order of battle


The order of battle for Operation Chahar, in the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, was:

Orbat for Operation Chahar

Japan
Peiping Railway Garrison Force, Nan-kou Front - Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki 5th Division – Gen. Seishiro Itagaki
Kwantung Army
2 fighter squadrons, 4 scout plane squadrons, 2 bomber squadrons,
Airforce:Rinji Hikodan
  • * 1st Hiko Daitai/16th Hiko Rentai
  • ** 1st Chutai
  • ** 2nd Chutai
  • * Light bomber daitai/16th Hiko Rentai
  • * 2nd Hiko Daitai
  • ** 1st Chutai
  • ** 2nd Chutai
  • * 8th Hiko Daitai
  • ** 1st Chutai
  • ** 2nd Chutai
  • * 12th Hiko Rentai
  • * Dokuritsu Hiko Dai 3 Chutai. Army Tipe 93 Heavy Bomber Mitsubishi Ki-1. 9 Aircraft
  • * Independent 4th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai
  • * Independent 6th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai
  • * Independent 9th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai
Notes:
  1. Kwantung Army and Chahar Expeditionary Force were under the command of Central Supreme Command but were not under unified command on the battlefield in this campaign.
  2. 11th Independent Mixed Brigade was subordinated to Kwantung Army, At the end of July it was attached to Peiping Railway Garrison Force. In early September, it reverted to the Chahar Expeditionary Force.
  3. 2nd and 15th Mixed Brigades were detachments from Divisions of the Kwantung Army.