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| date = April 1945 – 21 August 1945
| date = April 1945 – 21 August 1945
| place = [[Guangxi]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|China]]
| place = [[Guangxi]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|China]]
| result = Chinese victory<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |title=The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts that Changed World History |page=336}}</ref>
| result = Japanese
victory<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |title=The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts that Changed World History |page=336}}</ref>
| combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)}} [[Nationalist government|China]]
| combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)}} [[Nationalist government|China]]
| combatant2 = {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
| combatant2 = {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
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{{More citations needed|date=December 2020}}
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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>
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>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 08:48, 18 September 2024

Second Guangxi Campaign
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II
DateApril 1945 – 21 August 1945
Location
Result

Japanese

victory[1]
Belligerents
Republic of China (1912–1949) China Empire of Japan Japan
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Zhang Fakui
Republic of China (1912–1949) Tang Enbo
Empire of Japan Yukio Kasahara
Strength
600,000 660,000
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown

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

References

  1. ^ Tucker, Spencer. The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions: Conflicts that Changed World History. p. 336.
  2. ^ Linchao, Han (September 2015). "The U.S. Was the True Mainstay in the Fight Against Japan in World War II". China Change.