Order of battle: Battle of Changde

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.

Japan
From end of October 1943.

Ground forces
Eleventh Army Lieut. General Isamu Yokoyama


 * 3rd Division
 * Lieut. General Mitsuo Yamamoto
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

Naval forces

 * 100 motorboats and junks

China
As of end of October 1943.

Ground forces
National Military Council


 * Sixth War Area
 * General Sun Lianzhong
 * 29th Army Group
 * Wang Tsan-hu
 * 44th Corps – Wang Zezhun
 * 105th Division
 * 161st Division
 * 162nd Division
 * 73rd Corps – Wang Zhibin
 * 15th Division
 * 77th Division
 * 5th Provincial Division
 * 10th Army Group
 * Wang Jingjiu
 * 79th Corps – Wang Jiaben
 * 98th Division
 * 194th Division
 * 6th Provincial Division
 * 66th Corps – Fang Jing
 * 185th Division
 * 199th Division
 * River Defence Force
 * Wu Jiwei
 * 18th Corps – Luo Guangwen
 * 118th Division
 * 18th Division
 * 55th Division
 * 86th Corps – Zhu Dingjin
 * 13th Division
 * 26th Army Group
 * Zhou Ai
 * 75th Corps – Liu Jiming
 * 6th Division
 * 16th Division
 * 4th Reserve Division
 * 32nd Corps – Song Gendang
 * 139th Division
 * 141st Division
 * 33rd Army Group
 * Feng Zhi'an
 * 59th Corps – Liu Chen-san
 * 38th Division
 * 180th Division
 * 34th Provincial Division
 * 79th Corps – He Jifeng (general)
 * 30th Division
 * 132nd Division
 * 179th Division
 * Wang Yaowu's Army
 * 74th Corps – Wang Yaowu
 * 51st Division
 * 57th Division (Defended Changde)
 * 58th Division
 * 100th Corps – Shi Zhongzheng
 * 19th Division
 * 63rd Division


 * Ninth War Area
 * General Xue Yue
 * Li Yutang's Army
 * 99th Corps – Liang Hanming
 * 92nd Division
 * 197th Division
 * 54th Provincial Division
 * 10th Corps – Fang Xianjue
 * 3rd Division
 * 190th Division
 * 10th Reserve Division
 * Ou Zhen's Army
 * Ou Chen
 * 58th Corps – Lu Daoyuan
 * New 10th Division
 * New 11th Division
 * 72nd Corps – Fu Yi
 * New 13th Division
 * New 15th Division
 * 7th Provincial Division – Wang Zuohua

Air forces

 * 100 bombers and fighters