Operation Ichi-Go

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Operation Ichi-Go was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.

Aliases (3)
  • China Offensive of 1944 ×1
  • Ichigo Offensive ×1
  • Operation Ichi-Go (Japanese offensive context) ×1

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military operation
World War II military operation
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Ichigo Offensive
Operation Go
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
belligerent Empire of Japan
Republic of China
United States
commandedBy Imperial Japanese Army
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War
country Empire of Japan
endTime 1945-01
goal defeat Chinese Nationalist forces in central China
destroy United States air bases in China
link Japanese-held territories in China and Southeast Asia
secure railway lines between Manchuria and French Indochina
location Central China
China
Guangxi Province
Henan Province
Hunan Province
Southern China
opposedBy National Revolutionary Army
United States Army Air Forces
partOf Pacific War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
railwayTarget Beijing–Hankou railway
Hankou–Canton railway
Hengyang–Guilin–Liuzhou rail corridor
result Japanese operational victory
capture of Guilin
capture of Liuzhou
capture of major Chinese cities along the Beijing–Hankou railway
closure of several USAAF airfields in China
disruption of Chinese Nationalist control in central China
heavy Chinese casualties
strategic failure for Japan
significance largest Japanese land offensive of World War II in China
weakened Chinese Nationalist forces before Chinese Civil War resumed
startTime 1944-04
subOperation Operation Kogo
Operation Togo 1
Operation Togo 2
Operation Togo 3
targeted USAAF bases used by the Fourteenth Air Force
theater China-Burma-India Theater
year 1944


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