Battle of Guangzhou

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Guangzhou was a major 1938 Japanese offensive in southern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, resulting in the capture of the key port city of Guangzhou and further tightening Japan’s blockade of China.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Canton Campaign → Canton Operation →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → Republic of China →
category	1938 in China → Battles involving China → Battles involving Japan →
cityCaptured	Guangzhou →
combatantStrength	Japanese forces numerically superior to Chinese defenders →
commander	Itagaki Seishiro → Zhang Fakui →
commanderSide	Itagaki Seishiro – Empire of Japan → Zhang Fakui – Republic of China →
conflictOf	Second Sino-Japanese War →
conflictType	World War II-era conflict in Asia →
countryAtTime	Republic of China →
countryNow	People’s Republic of China →
date	1938 →
effect	disruption of Chinese coastal trade → strengthening of Japanese naval blockade of China →
endDate	1938-10-21 →
followedBy	Japanese occupation of Guangzhou →
historicalPeriod	Second Sino-Japanese War era →
involved	Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy → National Revolutionary Army →
locatedIn	Guangdong → Guangzhou → southern China →
notableConsequence	Japanese control of a major South China port → further isolation of Chiang Kai-shek’s government →
objective	capture of the port city of Guangzhou → cut Nationalist China’s access to foreign aid via Guangzhou →
operationType	amphibious landing → land offensive →
partOf	Japanese campaign to cut off China’s sea lanes → Second Sino-Japanese War →
precededBy	Japanese capture of Wuhan →
region	Pearl River Delta →
result	Japanese victory → capture of Guangzhou by Japan → tightening of Japanese blockade of China →
startDate	1938-10-12 →
strategicImportance	key maritime gateway for supplies to Nationalist China → major port on the Pearl River Delta →
theater	South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War →
year	1938 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canton Campaign → Canton Operation ("Capture of Canton") → Canton Operation ("Battle of Canton (1938)") →	alsoKnownAs
Japanese occupation of Guangzhou →	precededBy
South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War ("Fall of Guangzhou") →	relatedEvent
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) →	significantEvent