Siang Corridor

Interdicted by the Flying Tigers since they evacuated on November 7, 1944, the former 14th Air Force advanced base at Liuchow (Liuzhou), vital railroad and highway junction in central Kwangsi (Guangxi) and in the path of general Japanese withdrawals from the Lung Valley and Siang corridor that end the Japanese dreams of a Greater East Asia land line from Singapore...

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...

After heavy fighting in the city of Liuchow [Liuzhou], from which the Japanese were driven, civilians return to their damaged city. Liuzhou is the second large city evacuated by the Japanese in the Siang Corridor. Nanning fell on May 27, 1945, at which time the Japanese GEA lifeline over Asia was broken. From US Government sources.