1944-06-22 - 1944-08-08

Defense of Hengyang

Hengyang, HunanHengyang · Nationalist forces defended Hengyang for weeks during Ichi-Go, delaying the Japanese advance.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Conscription implemented in Korea
  2. Operation Ichi-Go: Henan phase
  3. Operation Ichi-Go
  4. Defense of HengyangCurrent record
  5. Tojo Cabinet resigns
  6. Conscription introduced in Taiwan
  7. Guilin-Liuzhou operation
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Context

Hengyang shows that the 1944 Japanese advance included prolonged defensive battles and attrition.

Sources and media

Operation Ichi-Go overview and JACAR source lanes are linked.

Media

Battle of Hengyang map, June 23-26 1944Visual recordBattle of Hengyang map, June 23-26 1944A map of the opening phase of the Battle of Hengyang during Operation Ichi-Go.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen sourceMap RecordWikimedia Commons · Hengyang_Battle_Map_Color_June_23-26,_1944.jpgOpen source