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November 1943
* Chosen troops consolidate their defenses in anticipation of renewed Chinese attacks
* Japanese Volunteer Brigade is employed as "fire brigade" to deal with local Chinese attacks
* Chosen struggles to rebuild divisions - more 'realistic' officers moved up in leadership positions
* Japan supplies new equipment to Chosen formations
* Japan deeply hints at strategic bombing campaign
December 1943
* Chinese winter offensive opens with massive assault on Fengcheng
* Chosen forces crumple - Japanese Volunteer Brigade manages to prevent a rout
* Strategic withdrawal of Chosen/Japanese forces south of the Yalu
* Japan launches strategic bombing campaign against targets in North China and Manchuria
* Significant Japanese air intervention to slow Chinese advance
January 1944
* Submarine campaign in the North China Sea begins to heat up; many Chinese vessels lost while Chosen submarine losses mount
* Chinese winter offensive stalls due to increased air attacks and bad weather
* Jong Un replaces senior field commanders; promotes 'realistic' officers due to lack of options
* League of Nations offers mediation - initially rejected
* Japanese strategic bombing campaign intensifies with significant losses
February 1944
* Chinese attack on Jeju-do - Airborne force gains initial lodgment, reinforcing amphibious forces are beaten off by counterattack by Chosen fleet units with IJN support
* Japan issues ultimatum to China; China refuses; Japan "officially" intervenes, sending lead elements of 150,000 expeditionary force
* Jong Un orders renewed offensive by Chosen and Japanese forces. Newly appointed field commanders baulk; coup d'etat in Pyongyang, Jong Un overthrown.
March 1944
* Chinese spring offensive launched; met by determined resistance by reinvigorated Chosen Army and Japanese Expeditionary Force.
* Japanese bombing campaign expanding to targets in North China.
* League of Nations renews offer for mediation
* Chosen accepts LoN offer
April 1944
* Japanese bombing campaign causes significant damage in cities of North China
* Japanese extend bombing campaign to targets in Formosa
* Failure of Chinese spring offensive convinces China to accept LoN offer of mediation
* Rebellions among minorities in western China (Tibet, Kansu etc)
May 1944
* Armistice talks begin - fighting continues
* Rebellions in the west drain reserves from Chinese forces operating in Chosen and Manchuria
June 1944
* Armistice reached. Chinese forces withdraw to prewar borders pending negotiation of settlement.
* Japan maintains JEF on Chosen territory pending negotiation of settlement
But aren't the Japanese already attacking the targets in North China? Because in December 1943, it says...Quoted
March 1944
* Japanese bombing campaign expanding to targets in North China.
Considering that Formosa is on the attack list as of April 1944, I assume you had 'South China' in mind when you typed that. Or is it perhaps something else?Quoted
* Japan launches strategic bombing campaign against targets in North China and Manchuria
While I was looking at the idea of coming up with something of a list of (some of) the participating planes in the war and their performances, I noticed this...
But aren't the Japanese already attacking the targets in North China? Because in December 1943, it says...Quoted
March 1944
* Japanese bombing campaign expanding to targets in North China.
Considering that Formosa is on the attack list as of April 1944, I assume you had 'South China' in mind when you typed that. Or is it perhaps something else?Quoted
* Japan launches strategic bombing campaign against targets in North China and Manchuria
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Japanese Strategic Bombing Campaigns:
- First North Central Campaign. Targets Shanghai, Shandong, Nanjing, Qingdao, and Ningbo. Begins March 1944 and continues to June 1944. Chinese air defenses manage to deal with many of the raids, and in mid-June 1944, Japan ends the campaign to re-evaluate following severe losses in a raid on Nanjing.
- First North Interior Campaign: Targets Beijing. Begins May 1944 and ends June 1944. Runs concurrently with the First North Central Campaign. Ends alongside the First North Central Campaign due to severe losses.
- First Northern Campaign: Target: Shenyang and Harbin. Begins June 1944 and ends August 1944. Japan makes repeated attacks in northern China against railheads, airfields, and army concentrations; the campaign uses units previously engaged in the North Central and North Interior bombing campaigns.
- Second North Central Campaign: Targets Shanghai, Shandong, Nanjing, Qingdao, and Ningbo. Begins August 1944 and ends September. Japan re-starts the bombing campaign, making particular efforts to attack airfields and air-defense centers such as Chinese radar stations. Japanese radar-jamming efforts temporarily neutralize the Chinese radar equipment. All major Chinese airfields suffer heavy damage, and the Chinese air-warning network in the region collapses. Japanese losses are initially heavy, but taper off by September. Chinese airmen nevertheless manage to preserve the majority of their fighters and interceptors.
- Second North Interior Campaign: Targets Beijing. Begins September 1944 and ends in October. Objective is a saturation-raiding strategy on Shanghai. This campaign is a mistake since it replaces the North Central Campaign, allowing Chinese forces there to recover.
- Second Northern Campaign: Targets Shenyang and Harbin. The collapse of Chosen's army in October causes the Japanese to terminate the Second North Interior Campaign and focus exclusively on strategic bombing to attack munitions dumps, transport hubs, and army concentrations behind Chinese lines. Despite interference from the weather, this campaign is brutally effective and prevents the complete destruction of the Chosenian Army and Japanese Expeditionary Forces in October and November. The effectiveness of this campaign, once demonstrated to the Japanese, results in this campaign being maintained with various quantities of forces throughout the rest of the war.
- Southern Campaign: Targets Wenzhou, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou.
- Naval Taiwan Campaign: Taipei, Those Little Island Bases.
- Naval Southern Campaign: Targets Zhanjiang, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou.
- Third North Central Campaign: Targets: Shanghai, Shandong, Nanjing, Qingdao, and Ningbo.
You guys expect the Japanese to be a bit more 'dark' by trying to damage Chinese morale or is it more a case of collateral damage? Not 100% which approach I should use with that...Quoted
April 1944
* Japanese bombing campaign causes significant damage in cities of North China
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