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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 Workers Build Bunker

Chinese workers and Nationalist soldiers build a fortified bunker at a street corner in a town in Guangxi province, during WWII, in the summer or fall of 1944 during the Japanese push south in the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese workers and Nationalist soldiers build a fortified bunker at a street corner in a town in Guangxi province, during WWII, in the summer or fall of 1944 during the Japanese push south in the Ichigo campaign.
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Result Of Explosives To Demolish Bridge In China

Result of explosives set on bridge by Americans in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII.
Result of explosives set on bridge by Americans in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII. See GI setting explosives here.
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Setting Explosives To Demolish Bridge In China

Setting explosives on bridge in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII.
Setting explosives on bridge in 1944 during retreat from Japanese in Guangxi province, China, during WWII. The results of the explosion can be seen here.
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Refugee Mother Washes Baby

In the midst of calamity, a refugee mother tenderly washes her baby next to the train at the Liuzhou railway station in the fall of 1944.
In the midst of calamity, a refugee mother tenderly washes her baby next to the train at the Liuzhou railway station in the fall of 1944.
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Young Boy Sits Among Discarded Furniture In Liuzhou

A young boy sits among discarded furniture, presumably items that had ultimately been discarded, during their flight in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign in fall 1944.
A young boy sits among discarded furniture, presumably items that had ultimately been discarded, during their flight in the face of the Japanese Ichigo campaign in fall 1944.
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Refugees Take A Meal In Liuzhou

Chinese refugees take a meal in front of the train engine in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refugees take a meal in front of the train engine in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
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Refugee Girls Tends Fire At Liuzhou

Chinese refugee--a young girl in this case--tends a cooking fire to boil water next to the train tracks in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refugee--a young girl in this case--tends a cooking fire to boil water next to the train tracks in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
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Refugees Wait At Liuzhou

Chinese wait at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese wait at the train station in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
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Refugee Tends Cooking Fire

Chinese refuges tends a cooking fire to boil water next to the train tracks in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
Chinese refuges tends a cooking fire to boil water next to the train tracks in Liuzhou during WWII, in the fall of 1944, as the Japanese advanced during the Ichigo campaign.
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Refugee Rests And Shields From The Sun

A Chinese refugee resting and hiding from the heat near a train at Liuzhou during the evacuation in Guangxi during the fall of 1944. 
A Chinese refugee resting and hiding from the heat near a train at Liuzhou during the evacuation in Guangxi during the fall of 1944.
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