Word: ichang
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then, just as quickly and to the tune of triumphant Chungking communiqués, they drew back again, holding the important lakehead town of Hwa-jung (pronounced hwa-roong). The Chinese mounted diversionary attacks farther north, on the line between Ichang and Anlu...
...World War II Lewis' invention has made one verified appearance thus far: at Ichang, in the Yangtze Valley, where 3,500 Chinese fell in October 1941 when the Japs unleashed clouds of lewisite. This was one of 880 verified instances of Jap use of gas. The Ichang incident was followed quickly by public warnings from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. No repetitions have been reported...
There was evidence that in five years of war the Japanese had launched 1,000 mustard and lewisite gas attacks against the Chinese. The heaviest (TIME, Nov. 10) were in the battle for Ichang, in October 1941. On May 26, the Japanese forced a crossing of the Singang River near Kienteh by sending planes ahead to shower gas bombs on the defenders. A fortnight ago the Japanese took Kinhwa with the help of gas, and last week repeated the performance at Chuhsien, 45 miles southwest of Kinhwa...
...your footnote in the Nov. 10 issue on last confirmed use of gas, by Italians in Ethiopia, following the story of Jack Belden, a fellow correspondent in the Far East who encountered Japanese use of gas in the battle of Ichang...
...hills outside Ichang the Japanese had built strong defenses; when the attacking Chinese finally broke through, the Japanese poured in gas shells from the flanks. One of the Chinese divisions participating in the attack reported gas casualties as high as one-third its total strength. Because the Japanese used gas, the Chinese evacuated the city quickly, leaving many victims behind...