 HONG KONG, GUAM, WAKE CAMPAIGNS |
Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Guam were territories occupied by the Britain and the United States respectively, and lay within the defensive perimeter established by Japanese planners prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War. The small garrison at Guam was easily overrun but even staunch resistance at Hong Kong, and especially at Wake Island, did little to delay the thrust of overall plans.
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Campaign name | Hong Kong, Wake, Guam | ||||||||||||||||
Campaign dates | 10/12/1941 – 25/12/1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Campaign codename | Hong Kong: C Operation Wake Island: ? Guam: G Operation | ||||||||||||||||
Campaign overview |
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Campaign strength | Hong Kong campaign Army 23rd Army Lt Gen Sakai Takeshi (Chief of Staff: Maj Gen Kuribayashi Tadamichi)
Lt Gen Sano Tadayoshi
229th Infantry Regiment 230th Infantry Regiment 38th Mountain Artillery Regiment 38th Engineer Regiment 38th Supply and Transport Regiment Signals Unit Munitions Duty Unit Medical Unit 1st, 2nd Field Hospital Veterinary Workshop
20th Independent Mountain Artillery Battalion 19th Independent Engineer Regiment 20th Independent Engineer Regiment 14th Independent Engineer Regiment 2nd Company
Col Araki Katsutoshi
14th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion 51st Engineer Regiment 20th Battalion 51st Supply and Transport Regiment (including one motor car platoon) 51st Division Medical Unit (one-third strength) 51st Division 1st Field Hospital
Lt Gen Kitajima Kineo
2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion 3rd Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion 5th Artillery Intelligence Regiment
Col Satō Takeaki
2nd Independent Mortar Battalion
Col Habu Hideji
10th Independent Squadron 18th Independent Squadron (one formation) 44th Sentai 3rd Direct Support Unit 47th Airfield Battalion 57th Airfield Battalion 67th Airfield Company 15th Air Signals Unit (part strength) Navy 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet Vice Adm Niimi Masaichi (Chief of Staff: Rear Adm Yasuba Yasuo)
Tsuga (destroyer)
11 Torpedo Squadron Tōshōmaru
Uji Saga 4th Minesweeper Flotilla Naval landing party Wake campaign Navy South Seas Fleet Vice Adm Inoue Shigeyoshi 1st offensive
Rear Adm Kajioka Sadamichi
29th Destroyer Squadron 30th Destroyer Squadron No. 32 Patrol Boat No. 33 Patrol Boat Kinryū Maru, Kongō Maru 17th Air Corps detachment Maizuru Special Naval Landing Party Uchida Company 6th Base Force Special Naval Landing Party Takano Company
Rear Adm Marumo Kuninori
Rear Adm Gotō Eiji
Yokohama Air Corps
Rear Adm Ōnishi Shinzō
Rear Adm Kajioka Sadamichi
29th Destroyer Squadron 30th Destroyer Squadron No. 32 Patrol Boat No. 33 Patrol Boat Kinryū Maru, Kiyokawa Maru 17th Air Corps detachment Kinryū Maru, Ten’yō Maru Combined special naval landing party
Rear Adm Marumo Kuninori
Rear Adm Gotō Eiji
Yokohama Air Corps
Rear Adm Ōnishi Shinzō
26th Submarine Group 27th Submarine Group 33rd Submarine Group
Rear Adm Abe Hiroaki
Tone, Chikuma 17th Destroyer Squadron
Rear Adm Gotō Aritomo
Guam campaign Army South Seas Force Maj General Horii Tomitarō
55th Cavalry Regiment (part strength) 55th Mountain Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion 55th Engineer Regiment (part strength) 55th Division Signals Unit (part strength) 55th Supply and Transport Regiment (part strength) Navy South Seas Fleet Vice Adm Inoue Shigeyoshi
Rear Adm Kasuga Atsushi
23rd Destroyer Squadron 7th Gunboat Squadron Oboro, Kiyokawa Maru, Shōei Maru 18th Air Flotilla 59th Submarine Chaser Squadron 60th Submarine Chaser Squadron 15th Minesweeper Flotilla 5th Signals Unit 5th Base Force Special Naval Landing Party Hayashi Battalion
Rear Adm Gotō Aritomo
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Campaign casualties | Hong Kong campaign: 2,000 killed and wounded Wake Island campaign: 820 killed, 1,153 wounded Guam campaign: No casualties |
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