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Part of Second Sino-Japanese War

Operation Ichi-Go

April 17 – December 10, 1944 · Operation Ichi-Go

Result Japanese victory

Large Japanese offensive in China from April to December 1944 to link Japanese-held territory and take the airbases used by US bombers. It was Japan's largest land campaign of the war and badly weakened the Nationalist army.

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Axis

Allies

Japan
Republic of China
United States
Hirohito military commander Yoshijirō Umezu military commander Hideki Tojo military commander Yasuji Okamura military commander Shunroku Hata military commander
Chiang Kai-shek military commander He Yingqin military commander Chen Cheng military commander Tang Enbo military commander Xue Yue military commander Hu Zongnan military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
510,000
Deaths
100,000
Tanks
794
Aircraft
200
Guns
1,551
Vehicles
15,550
Strength
1,000,000 disputed
Casualties
500,000–600,000 disputed
Killed
130,000
Civilian deaths
500,000

Units

China Expeditionary Army North China Area Army Eleventh Army (Japan) Japanese 23rd Army 104th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 110th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 116th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 131st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 27th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 58th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 59th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 62nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 63rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 64th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 68th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 69th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
Chinese 9th War Zone Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional)

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