Great East Asian War commemorative badges and watch fobs https://asiamedals.info/threads/great-east-asian-war-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.18389/.
1942 Borneo landing and occupation commemorative badges and watch fobs https://asiamedals.info/threads/194...ive-badges-and-watch-fobs-1942-boruneo.30949/.
Hainan Island Operation (Chinese: 瓊崖戰役) or Kainan-tō sakusen (Japanese: 海南島作戦), was part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade the Republic of China and prevent it from communicating with the outside world as well as to prevent imports of much-needed arms and materials.
The South China Naval Force (Fifth Fleet) commanded by Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake entered and anchored in Tsinghai Bay on the northern shore of Hainan Island at midnight on 9 February 1939 and carried out a successful landing. In addition, Navy land combat units effected a landing at Haikou at 1200 on 10 February. Thereafter, the Army and Navy forces acted in concert to mop up the northern zone. On 11 February, land combat units landed at Samah (Sanya) at the southern extremity of Hainan Island and occupied the key positions of Yulin and Yai-Hsien. Thereafter, the units engaged in the occupation and subjugation of the entire island.
Later, occupied parts of Hainan Island became a naval administrative district with Hainan Guard District Headquarters established at Samah. Strategically, the island was built as a forward air base as well as an advance base for blockading Chiang. At the same time, the iron and copper resources of the island were exploited. Partial control of certain areas of Hainan Island provided a base of operations for the invasion of Guangdong province and French Indochina, as well as providing airbases that permitted long-distance air raids of routes into China from French Indochina and Burma. The occupation of some parts of Hainan lasted until the surrender of Japan in September 1945
Field-made watch fobs that most likely were made by the same local /or even unit/ workshop.1942 Borneo landing and occupation commemorative badges and watch fobs https://asiamedals.info/threads/194...ive-badges-and-watch-fobs-1942-boruneo.30949/.
Hainan Island Operation (Chinese: 瓊崖戰役) or Kainan-tō sakusen (Japanese: 海南島作戦), was part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade the Republic of China and prevent it from communicating with the outside world as well as to prevent imports of much-needed arms and materials.
The South China Naval Force (Fifth Fleet) commanded by Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake entered and anchored in Tsinghai Bay on the northern shore of Hainan Island at midnight on 9 February 1939 and carried out a successful landing. In addition, Navy land combat units effected a landing at Haikou at 1200 on 10 February. Thereafter, the Army and Navy forces acted in concert to mop up the northern zone. On 11 February, land combat units landed at Samah (Sanya) at the southern extremity of Hainan Island and occupied the key positions of Yulin and Yai-Hsien. Thereafter, the units engaged in the occupation and subjugation of the entire island.
Later, occupied parts of Hainan Island became a naval administrative district with Hainan Guard District Headquarters established at Samah. Strategically, the island was built as a forward air base as well as an advance base for blockading Chiang. At the same time, the iron and copper resources of the island were exploited. Partial control of certain areas of Hainan Island provided a base of operations for the invasion of Guangdong province and French Indochina, as well as providing airbases that permitted long-distance air raids of routes into China from French Indochina and Burma. The occupation of some parts of Hainan lasted until the surrender of Japan in September 1945
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海南島上陸記念 - Hainan Island Landing Commemorative
昭和十六年五月一日 - May 1, 1941
後藤 - Goto
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