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| ⚫ | The '''Second Guangxi campaign''' ({{zh|t=桂柳反攻作戰}}) was a three-front Chinese counter offensive to retake the last major Japanese stronghold in [[Guangxi]] province, South China during April–August 1945. The campaign was successful, and plans were being made to mop up the remaining scattered Japanese troops in the vicinity of [[Shanghai]] and the east coast when the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|Soviets invaded Manchuria]], the Americans dropped atomic bombs on [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]], leading to Japan's surrender and ending the eight-year-long [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Linchao|first=Han|title=The U.S. Was the True Mainstay in the Fight Against Japan in World War II|url=https://chinachange.org/2015/08/31/the-u-s-was-the-true-mainstay-in-the-fight-against-japan-in-world-war-ii/|website=China Change|date=September 2015 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The '''Second Guangxi campaign''' ({{zh|t=桂柳反攻作戰}}) was a three-front Chinese counter offensive to retake the last major Japanese stronghold in [[Guangxi]] province, South China during April–August 1945. The campaign was successful, and plans were being made to mop up the remaining scattered Japanese troops in the vicinity of [[Shanghai]] and the east coast when the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|Soviets invaded Manchuria]], the Americans dropped atomic bombs on [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]], leading to Japan's surrender and ending the eight-year-long [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Linchao|first=Han|title=The U.S. Was the True Mainstay in the Fight Against Japan in World War II|url=https://chinachange.org/2015/08/31/the-u-s-was-the-true-mainstay-in-the-fight-against-japan-in-world-war-ii/|website=China Change|date=September 2015 }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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 China |
 Japan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Zhang Fakui Tang Enbo |
 Yukio Kasahara | ||||||
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| 600,000 | 660,000 | ||||||
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The Second Guangxi campaign (Chinese: 桂柳反攻作戰) was a three-front Chinese counter offensive to retake the last major Japanese stronghold in Guangxi province, South China during April–August 1945. The campaign was successful, and plans were being made to mop up the remaining scattered Japanese troops in the vicinity of Shanghai and the east coast when the Soviets invaded Manchuria, the Americans dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender and ending the eight-year-long Second Sino-Japanese War.[2]
See also
- Order of battle: second Guangxi campaign
- Operation Carbonado
References
- ^ Tucker, Spencer. The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts that Changed World History. p. 336.
- ^ Linchao, Han (September 2015). "The U.S. Was the True Mainstay in the Fight Against Japan in World War II". China Change.
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