Ichi-Go

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Japanese military operation World War II campaign military offensive

Ichi-Go was the Japanese codename for a major 1944 World War II military offensive in China aimed at securing railways and airfields from Chinese and Allied forces.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ichi-Go canonical 2
Dai Ichi-gō Sakusen 1
Ichigō Sakusen 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military operation ⓘ
World War II campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ichi-Go ⓘ
surface form: Dai Ichi-gō Sakusen

Operation Ichi-Go ⓘ
Operation Number One ⓘ
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Republic of China ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
campaignPhase offensive in Guangxi ⓘ
offensive in Henan ⓘ
offensive in Hunan ⓘ
codenameLanguage Japanese ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence increased pressure on Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ
weakening of Japanese positions in the Pacific ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
endDate 1945 ⓘ
front China front ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest Japanese land offensive of World War II ⓘ
major turning point in the late phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
location China ⓘ
notableCityCaptured Changsha ⓘ
Guilin ⓘ
Hengyang ⓘ
Liuzhou ⓘ
Luoyang ⓘ
objective capture Allied airfields in China ⓘ
destroy USAAF bases used to bomb Japan ⓘ
link Japanese-held territories in China and French Indochina by land ⓘ
secure railway lines in China ⓘ
opponentCommander Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
partOf Japanese strategy to counter Allied air power ⓘ
railwayTarget Beijing–Hankou Railway ⓘ
Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ
Hengyang–Guangxi rail connections ⓘ
result Japanese operational success ⓘ
heavy Chinese losses ⓘ
strategic overextension of Japanese forces ⓘ
startDate 1944 ⓘ
strategicContext Japanese attempt to preempt B-29 operations from Chinese bases ⓘ
target Chinese National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces bases in China ⓘ
theatre China Burma India Theater ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
year 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Go → alternativeName → Ichi-Go ⓘ
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen → alsoKnownAs → Ichi-Go ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ichigō Sakusen
Southern Force → operation → Ichi-Go ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sho-Go 1
U-Go offensive → alsoKnownAs → Ichi-Go ⓘ
this entity surface form: U-Gō Sakusen
Ichi-Go → alsoKnownAs → Ichi-Go ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dai Ichi-gō Sakusen
Ichigo Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Ichi-Go ⓘ