Ichigo Campaign

American hostels at the base burn during the American and Chinese retreat before the Japanese arrive during the Ichigo push in the fall of 1944. Guangxi province, Liuzhou air base.

Rural landscapes as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area. Karst mountains can be seen clearly in the lower image.

Smoke rises from probable American air attacks on Japanese ground troops, probably in Guangxi province, probably during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of 1944.

In these three images, we see a small town in Guangxi Province, SW China, being bombed by American B-25 bombers. In the succession of images we see the progress of the bombing. In the first image, just as the first bombs hit, one can see a few trucks of a Japanese convoy sparsely about the town, and a few people...

In these remarkable two images, we see a small town in Guangxi Province, SW China, being bombed by American B-25 bombers. In the upper image, just seconds before the bombs hit, one can see the streets filled tightly with trucks of a convoy, with many people milling or running about. This is during the Japanese 'Ichigo' push of summer or...

B-25s fly in front of Yishan/Ishan 宜山 (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...

Runways among Karst peaks at the American base at Yangtong, Guilin, Guangxi province, China, during the Japanese occupation in late fall of 1944 until July 1945. Bomb pits are visible in the runway in the foreground, which was blown up during the American evacuation to deny use to the incoming Japanese. Closest to viewer is Ehr Tong, the original airfield...

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.

"Chinese mess truck overturned. Twenty injured, several fatally, near Chanyi. Retreat from Kweilin (Guilin). July 3, 1944." Photo from Peterkin.

US military buildings put to flame at Guilin (Kweilin) as the Japanese neared during Ichigo. In the CBI.