Operation Ichi-Go
1944 military campaign / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Ichi-Go (or "Operation Number One") was a series of battles between the armies of Japan and China. The battles happened between April and December 1944. There were three battles in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi. The goals of Operation Ichi-go were to make a route to French Indochina and to capture bases that American bombers were using to attack Japan and her shipping.[2]
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Operation Ichi-Go | |||||||
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Part of Second Sino-Japanese War | |||||||
Japanese plan for Operation Ichi-Go | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of China National Revolutionary Army United States Army Air Forces, United States | Empire of Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tang Enbo Xue Yue Bai Chongxi |
Shunroku Hata Yasuji Okamura Isamu Yokoyama | ||||||
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390,000 men |
510,000 men 15,500 vehicles 1,500 artillery pieces 800 tanks 70,000 horses |
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