karst formations

A view across part of American air base at Liuzhou in 1945, after being reoccupied by American and Chinese forces following Japanese withdrawal in 1945. Note apparent B-25 in tidy revetment, driving jeep, and ruins of base buildings, destroyed during Allied retreat, Japanese occupation, and again during Japanese withdrawal.

A rough karst mountain landscape as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area.

Smoke rises from probable American air attacks on Japanese ground troops, probably in Guangxi province, probably during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of 1944.

B-25 Mitchell bombers bomb a Japanese occupied town, which has already been repeatedly bombed.

A fortified karst rock outcrop, certainly with a Japanese troops dug in or nearby, is bombed in southern China or Indochina during WWII. Notice the bomb crater to the left--the site has been bombed before.

A B-25 Mitchell bomber parked in a revetment in southern China, at the American base at Liuzhou, during WWII.

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...

B-25 Mitchell bombers in flight over southern China, with a Karst mountain in the foreground.

American HQ in a cave in Guilin, Guangxi, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

American military tent camp, probably in SW China, during WWII.