Liuzhou 柳州

Evidence of the aerial and artillery beating Liuchow (Liuzhou) took before the Japanese evacuated on June 30, 1945. Both the city and its airfield were heavily damaged. From the U.S. Government sources.

The floating bridge at Liuzhou, Guangxi province. Looking north towards the main city. From the U.S. Government sources.

GI poses among the rubble. Bomb damage on a street corner in Liuchow (Liuzhou). The city and airfield both suffered heavily during the fighting that preceded the Japanese evacuation on June 30, 1945. A American serviceman stands in the foreground, next to a slogan that reads in Chinese, "Support Chairman Jiang", and the name of the building formerly, the "Lucky...

Luichow (Liuzhou) station, China-- Enroute with Kweilin (Guilin) evacuation party. Chinese use any mens of transportation to evacuate the area. 2 July 1944. Photo: H. P. Mcadams

Sea search base map, with search areas shaded. Bases at Liuzhou, Guilin, and Kunming are circled.

What was formerly a group of modern Chinese buildings in Liuchow now resembles a sprawling brickyard. Heavy aerial bombardment and artillery shelling made rubble of most of the city, and, combined with the advance of Chinese ground troops, contributed to the evacuation of the Japanese after Ichigo.

Battle cry of the liberators – Message on right of entrance to devastated photo studio, written in chalk by conquering Chinese ground troops declares "Reoccupation of Liuchow is prelude to final victory" (克服柳州是最后胜利的前奏). Before the battle around Liuzhou during Ichigo, this shop looked quite different [view].

Japanese hoped to destroy personnel and equipment at the former Fourteenth Air Force base at Liuchow, but American soldiers have equipment with which to safely remove the mines. Liuchow was recaptured on 30 June, 1945.

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-L FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT CHINESE HELP PUT LIUCHOW BASE BACK INTO OPERATION FOURTEENTH AIR BASE HEADQUARTERS -- IN CHINA -- Chinese workers from Liuchow report to work at the former Fourteenth Air Force Base there, which the Japanese evacuated on 30 May. Japanese left the former American airbase...

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07111635-E FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE Release Upon Rept Cleared Goldberg USF CT CHINESE HELP REPAIR LIUCHOW AIRSTRIP FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, IN CHINA-- When the Japanese left the former Fourteenth Air Force Base at Liuchow, they left it heavily mined and pockmarked with bomb craters. Workers set out to repair the damage, while engineers of the...