Canton Operation

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict= Canton Operation
partof= the Second Sino-Japanese War


caption=
date= October to December 1938
place= Guangdong Province
casus=
territory=
result= Japanese victory
combatant1= flagicon|Japan|alt Imperial Japanese Army,
flagicon|Japan|naval Imperial Japanese Navy Japan
combatant2= flagicon|ROC National Revolutionary Army China
commander1= flagicon|Japan|alt Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho,
flagicon|Japan|naval Adm. Koichi Shiozawa
commander2= flagicon|ROC Yu Han-mou
strength1= ?
strength2= ?
casualties1= ?
casualties2= ?

The Canton Operation was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Control of Canton and the Pearl River Delta would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective by seizing southern China's major port and isolate the British port of Hong Kong.

Order of battle for Guangdong Operation