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...last week their 60-mile advance had reached the end of the flatlands, cutting a bloody trail through provincial troops guarding the key passes of Yuyangkwan and Changyang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF CHINA: Into the Clear Sky? | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

Against this gain the Chinese on their side this week could record the first solid tactical success in three weeks: swiftly marshaling a unit of undisclosed strength behind the southern flank, they turned the Japanese line, broke into the pass of Yuyangkwan, ousted a Japanese garrison and sent troops hotfoot after the Japanese retreating toward the east. The Chinese Air Force, for the first time in three years, was making an all-out effort to support ground operations, and elements of America's Fourteenth Air Force moved up to the Central China area for strategic bombing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF CHINA: Into the Clear Sky? | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

...success at Yuyangkwan could be further exploited, the Japanese position was not enviable. The bulk of their strength, estimated at several divisions, was concentrated on the northern flank for a breakthrough, presumably against the western outlet of the Yangtze gorges. Now this concentration, outflanked, its rear threatened, would either have to achieve that break-through within a minimum of time, or retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF CHINA: Into the Clear Sky? | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

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