Ichigo Offensive
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Ichigo Offensive was a major Japanese military campaign in China during World War II aimed at securing railways and airbases from Chinese and Allied forces.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ichigo Offensive canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese military operation
ⓘ
World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ichi-Go
ⓘ
Operation Ichi-Go ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Chinese National Revolutionary Army
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Republic of China ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| consequence |
disruption of USAAF operations from Chinese bases
ⓘ
further weakening of Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ heavy Chinese military losses ⓘ increased Chinese civilian suffering ⓘ loss of major Chinese cities and airbases ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-01 ⓘ |
| front |
China Theater
ⓘ
surface form:
China theater
|
| location |
Central China
ⓘ
China ⓘ Guangxi Province ⓘ Henan Province ⓘ Hunan Province ⓘ southern China ⓘ
surface form:
Southern China
|
| objective |
destroy USAAF airbases in China
ⓘ
link Japanese-held territories in Manchuria with those in Southeast Asia by land ⓘ neutralize Allied air threat to Japanese home islands from China ⓘ secure railway lines in China ⓘ weaken Chinese Nationalist government ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
|
| plannedBy | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| railwaySecured |
Beijing–Hankou Railway
ⓘ
Hankou–Canton Railway ⓘ north–south rail corridor from Manchuria to Indochina ⓘ |
| result |
Japanese operational victory
ⓘ
strategic failure for Japan in long term ⓘ |
| scale | largest Japanese land offensive of World War II in China ⓘ |
| startDate | 1944-04 ⓘ |
| target |
Changsha
ⓘ
Guilin ⓘ Hengyang ⓘ Liuzhou ⓘ Luohe ⓘ Lushan Mountain ⓘ
surface form:
Lushan
United States Army Air Forces bases in China ⓘ
surface form:
USAAF B-29 bases in China
|
| theaterCommander | Okamura Yasuji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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