1944-04-17

Operation Ichigo: Beiping-Hankou railway phase

Ping-Han RailwayOperation Ichigo: Beiping-Hankou railway phase is a campaign record around Ping-Han Railway, 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. Altai Kazakh border clashes
  2. Jiangsu-Zhejiang guerrilla zones
  3. Henan phase of Operation Ichigo
  4. Operation Ichigo: Beiping-Hankou railway phaseCurrent record
  5. Operation Ichigo begins
  6. Myitkyina airfield campaign
  7. Longling-Tengchong counteroffensive
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Wartime Position

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

Operation Ichigo: Beiping-Hankou railway phase is a campaign record around Ping-Han Railway, 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 Ping-Han Railway clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Operation Ichi-Go plan map and Wikimedia Commons · Ichigo Plan map provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Operation Ichi-Go plan mapVisual recordOperation Ichi-Go plan mapAn Operation Ichi-Go plan map anchors the April 1944 thrust along the Ping-Han railway axis into Henan. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Operation Ichigo: Beiping-Hankou railway phase.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Ichigo Plan mapOpen source