1944

In these three images, we see a small town in Guangxi Province, SW China, being bombed by American B-25 bombers. In the succession of images we see the progress of the bombing. In the first image, just as the first bombs hit, one can see a few trucks of a Japanese convoy sparsely about the town, and a few people...

In these remarkable two images, we see a small town in Guangxi Province, SW China, being bombed by American B-25 bombers. In the upper image, just seconds before the bombs hit, one can see the streets filled tightly with trucks of a convoy, with many people milling or running about. This is during the Japanese 'Ichigo' push of summer or...

Aerial view as B-25 Mitchell bombers bomb a barren stretch of the Burma Road in 1944. Strangely no traffic is obvious on the road, so maybe this is just an attempt to slow down the enemy by damaging the road. Notice the encampment on the right.

Runways among Karst peaks at the American base at Yangtong, Guilin, Guangxi province, China, during the Japanese occupation in late fall of 1944 until July 1945. Bomb pits are visible in the runway in the foreground, which was blown up during the American evacuation to deny use to the incoming Japanese. Closest to viewer is Ehr Tong, the original airfield...