Nanning 南宁

A train overloaded with Chinese refugees in Guangxi province, probably in either Guilin, Liuzhou, or Nanning. This could have only been during the Japanese Ichigo campaign.

B-25s fly away from just-bombed Yishan (now Yizhou) in Guangxi province, SW China, among Karst peaks during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of summer and fall 1944. Towns along the Ichigo route were bombed by American planes as the Japanese moved into them, or sometimes in advance, to deny the resources of the towns to the incoming Japanese. The Japanese entered...

Flag raising ceremony at Nanning Air Base, China, on 8 July 1945, after its re-occupation by the Allies. Sgt. Edward F. Rossler hoists American flag, while a Chinese interpreter raises Chinese Nationalist flag. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

.50 cal machine gun being removed at Nanning Air Base during WWII by women laborers. 16 November 1944. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

See this image with different caption here. Excited civilians applaud and surround American GIs who have just returned to Liuzhou on the heels of the retreating Japanese upon the failure of the Ichigo Campaign. "From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041420-4 Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Civilians Prepare to Go Home...

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 070414200 Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Medical Supplies Arrive at Ping Yang Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- After the Japanese retreated from the area between Nanning and Liuchow American forces brought in equipment and hospital supplies, First American convoy is received at Ping Yang...

From: Public Relations Office Fourteenth Air Force Code 07041420/C Release On Rcpt Cleared Goldberg USFCT -FIRST PICTURES FROM REOCCUPIED LIUCHOW AREA- Damaged Bridge Delays Japanese Retreat Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, In China-- One of three bridges out 2 miles south of Sulien (probably Silian 思练镇 today) which slowed down 2000 Japanese who were retreated from this area near Liuchow. Japanese...

Important road junction at Datang (大唐) given up by the Japanese as they retreated and withdrew to the north from Nanning through Liuzhou.