evacuation/retreat

A Chinese refugee making shade from the hot sun between train cars. At the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Chinese refugee waits atop flatbed car at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Chennault and others making the decision to blow up the air base before the Japanese advance, fall of 1944, in Guilin.

Retreating by ferry near Lingling in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944, crossing a river by ferry.

The Liuzhou south train station during the evacuation in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944. Notice that someone has scraped out the name of the station on the photo itself.

A GI and a local elite (ie, the daughter or wife of an important local person) pay respects to a refugee at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Getting a few last vehicles across a bridge at Liuzhou before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944. The bridge decking planks have been removed, but there are enough free planks that by moving a few planks, then moving forward a bit on those planks, then moving a few more planks, the jeep can creep across. For a related...

A refugee train at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, China, during the Japanese Ichigo campaign. During WWII.

Chinese refugees at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.

Chinese refugees make do at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.