battle, interwar and Second World War

Kanchazu Island incident

Name: Kanchazu Island incident
Location: Amur River, Soviet Union

Kanchazu Island incident was a battle fought in 1937 at Amur River, in what is now Soviet Union. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Amur River. It was part of Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, which ran from 1932 to 1939. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: 3 river armoured motor gunboats against Unknown.

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Fought1937

WhereAmur River, Soviet Union53.333N, 121.481E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeJapanese victory

BelligerentsSoviet UnionagainstEmpire of Japan; Manchukuo

Casualties and losses37 Killed in actionandNone

Part ofSoviet–Japanese border conflicts1932 to 1939

Where it sits in Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

9 placed engagements of Soviet–Japanese border conflicts in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1937 (year precision)
Place	Amur River, Soviet Union 53.333N, 121.481E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial change	Japanese forces retake Kanchazu Island
Strength	3 river armoured motor gunboats	Unknown
Casualties and losses	37 Killed in action	None
Commanders	Mihara Kanae

Placed at Amur River; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Buyur Lake 1388, 631 km SW
Battle of Nomonhan 1939, 647 km S
Battles of Khalkhin Gol 1939, 656 km S
Battle of Volochayevka 1922, 1052 km SE
Siege of Yakutsk 1634, 1082 km NE

In the same war

Before: Jinchanggou Incident 1936
After: Battle of Lake Khasan 1938
All 9 engagements of Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Elsewhere in 1937

Marco Polo Bridge incident People's Republic of China
Battle of Shanghai Taiwan
Battle of Nanking China
Battle of Teruel Spain
Battle of Guadalajara Spain

Kanchazu Island incident is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Soviet Union.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11370625, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Kanchazu Island incident, revision 1370625425, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.