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Ichigo Campaign

The "Ichigo Campaign" or "Operation Ichi-Go" (一号作戦 Ichi-gō Sakusen, lit. "Operation Number One") was a sweep by Japanese forces through southern China April to December 1944, especially directed to eliminate American air bases. See more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go.

Chinese refugees push a cart of possession in Guangxi province, China, during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
A fleeing Chinese refugee pulls possession on a cart in Guangxi province, China, during the fall of 1944, in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign.
Two refugee children pose for the photographer before crates of supplies. At the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refugees at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refugee waits with a bucket for hot water to drip from a steam train engine at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refugees shelter from the hot sun under paper umbrellas at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
A Chinese refugee has made a tenuous and dangerous bed on the framework hanging below at train car. At the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Exhausted and overheated Chinese refugees at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
The facilities at the Hengyang airbase burn as the allies retreat in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.
Guilin after being burned by Allies during retreat of summer/fall 1944