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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.

The harsh reality of war--wartime dead in China, possibly refugees impacted by the chaos Japanese forces moved during the Ichigo campaign.
Retreating at the very last minute from Liuzhou in the face of the Japanese Ichigo advance. During WWII.
Rigging a bridge with explosives at Liuzhou before the Japanese advance during Ichigo in the fall of 1944.
Rigging a bridge with explosives at Liuzhou before the Japanese advance during Ichigo in the fall of 1944.
Chinese civilians looking over a bridge destroyed near Liuzhou before the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
Allied destruction of the American air base at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.
A tired elderly refugee resting on a bridge in Guilin in summer/fall 1944, in front of the Japanese advance. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Allied destruction at Guilin before retreating in front of the Japanese advance in the summer/fall of 1944.