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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Guangzhou canonical	3
Battle of Canton (1938)	1
Capture of Canton	1
Fall of Guangzhou	1
Guangzhou Campaign	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Canton Campaign ⓘ Canton Operation ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: 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 Seishirō ⓘ surface form: Itagaki Seishiro Zhang Fakui ⓘ
commanderSide	Itagaki Seishirō ⓘ surface form: Itagaki Seishiro – Empire of Japan Zhang Fakui ⓘ surface form: Zhang Fakui – Republic of China
conflictOf	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
conflictType	World War II-era conflict in Asia ⓘ
countryAtTime	Republic of China ⓘ
countryNow	China ⓘ surface form: 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	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War era
involved	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
locatedIn	Guangdong Province ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: 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 (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War → relatedEvent → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Guangzhou

Canton Operation → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Canton

Canton Operation → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Canton (1938)

Canton Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Guangzhou → precededBy → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → followedBy → Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guangzhou Campaign