1944-04-17 - 1944-05-25

Operation Ichi-Go: Henan phase

Henan and Longhai RailwayHenan · In the opening phase of Ichi-Go, Japanese forces pressed Henan rail corridors and destabilized inland connections.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Greater East Asia Conference
  2. Korea clause in the Cairo Declaration
  3. Conscription implemented in Korea
  4. Operation Ichi-Go: Henan phaseCurrent record
  5. Operation Ichi-Go
  6. Defense of Hengyang
  7. Tojo Cabinet resigns
See all 81

Context

The Henan phase shows Ichi-Go as a sequence along rail corridors rather than one sudden event.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War and Operation Ichi-Go source lanes are linked.

Media

Operation Ichi-Go Henan advance photographVisual recordOperation Ichi-Go Henan advance photographA photograph of the Japanese advance during the Henan phase of Operation Ichi-Go in 1944.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Operation Ichi-Go Henan photographOpen source