Kanchazu Island incident
The Kanchazu Island incident (乾岔子島事件, Kanchazutō jiken) occurred in late June 1937 on the Amur River, at the Soviet–Manchukuo border.
| Kanchazu Island incident | |||||||||
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| Part of the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | |||||||||
Soviet Amur Flotilla gunboat | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Soviet Union |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown | Mihara Kanae | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Amur Military Flotilla | 1st Division | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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3 river gunboats (Type 1124 BKA "armoured cutters") | unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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37 killed 1 gunboat sunk 1 gunboat damaged | None | ||||||||
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