Tairiku Datsū Sakusen

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Tairiku Datsū Sakusen 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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military operation
World War II battle
campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Ichi-Go
surface form: Ichigō Sakusen

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

Republic of China
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
effect capture of large areas of Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi
closure or relocation of several USAAF air bases in China
disruption of Chinese Nationalist defenses
goal destroy United States air bases in China
link Japanese-held territories in China and Southeast Asia
prevent American strategic bombing of Japan from Chinese bases
secure railway lines in China
hasCause Japanese desire to neutralize B-29 bases in China
Japanese need to improve overland communications within occupied territories
languageOfName Japanese
location Central China
China
southern China
surface form: South China
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
surface form: Imperial Japanese Army ground forces
opponent United States Army Air Forces
participant Imperial Japanese Army
National Revolutionary Army
partOf Japanese strategy against Allied air power in East Asia
Pacific War
region Guangxi Province
Henan Province
Hunan Province
result Japanese operational victory
startTime 1944
strategicObjective open a continuous land route from Manchuria to French Indochina
secure the Beijing–Hankou railway
secure the Guangzhou–Hankou railway
theaterOfWar Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
surface form: China theater of World War II
timePeriod 1944
translationOfName "Operation to Break Through to the Continent"
typeOfWarfare land campaign
year 1944

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Operation Ichi-Go alsoKnownAs Tairiku Datsū Sakusen