1944-11-24

Fall of Liuzhou

LiuzhouFall of Liuzhou is a city fall record around Liuzhou, 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. East Turkestan Republic proclaimed at Ghulja
  2. Ili rebels consolidate control of Ghulja
  3. East Turkestan provisional government formed in Ili
  4. Fall of LiuzhouCurrent record
  5. Hunan-Guizhou railway crisis
  6. Dushan crisis
  7. Chinese phase of the Bhamo campaign
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Wartime Position

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

Fall of Liuzhou is a city fall record around Liuzhou, 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 Liuzhou clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

China's Human Cargo, Liuchow, 10 November 1944 and MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History · Allison Collection, November 1944 provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

China's Human Cargo, Liuchow, 10 November 1944Visual recordChina's Human Cargo, Liuchow, 10 November 1944A 10 November 1944 photograph of civilians leaving Liuchow anchors the flight and transport pressure preceding the city’s fall in the Guilin-Liuzhou campaign. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Fall of Liuzhou.”

Source Trail

SourceMacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History · Allison Collection, November 1944Open source