1945-05-18

Fuzhou recovered

mainland ChinaFuzhou recovered is a city fall record, situated in the endgame phase shaped by Operation Ichi-Go and the front-line reordering before Japan’s defeat. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Other events in this phase

China Wartime Endgame132
  1. Shaoyang defense in the West Hunan campaign
  2. CCP Seventh Congress opens in Yan’an
  3. Mao presents the coalition-government report
  4. Fuzhou recoveredCurrent record
  5. Nanning recaptured
  6. Paoching bombing on the Zhijiang front
  7. Guangxi counteroffensive
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Wartime Position

the endgame in which Operation Ichi-Go and Japan’s approaching defeat shook the China theater again

Fuzhou recovered is a city fall record, situated in the endgame phase shaped by Operation Ichi-Go and the front-line reordering before Japan’s defeat. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around mainland China clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

U.S. Army map of Foochow, 1945 and Wikimedia Commons · U.S. Army map of Foochow, 1945 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

U.S. Army map of Foochow, 1945Visual recordU.S. Army map of Foochow, 1945A 1945 U.S. Army map of Foochow and Nan-t’ai, anchoring the city and Min River geography around Fuzhou’s recovery. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Fuzhou recovered.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · U.S. Army map of Foochow, 1945Open source