Back Хайнаньская аперацыя Byelorussian Operación Isla de Hainan Spanish 海南島作戦 Japanese Хайнаньская операция Russian 瓊崖戰鬥 Chinese
| Hainan Island Operation | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second World War | |||||||||
 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in trucks during the invasion of Hainan (Asahi Shinbun news photo) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Empire of Japan |
 China | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Vice Adm. Kondo Nobutake |
 Yu Hanmou | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Imperial Japanese Navy |
Republic of China Army[1] : 11th and 15th security regiments 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th guard battalions An independent unit of the self-defense corps | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Elements of IJN 5th Fleet |
11th security regiment : 104 officers and 1,557 soldiers Other units : unknown. | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
Japanese Claim : 3,000 killed
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The Hainan Island Operation (Chinese: 瓊崖戰役), or Kainan-tō sakusen (海南島作戦) in Japanese, was part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War to blockade the Guangdong mainland and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.