The Battle Hostile_encounter of Changsha ( 1944 ) ( also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Hengyang or Campaign of Changsha-Hengyang ) was an invasion Attack of the Chinese province of Hunan by Japanese troops near the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War Hostile_encounter .

As such , it encompasses three separate conflicts Hostile_encounter : an invasion Attack of the city of Changsha and two invasions Attack of Hengyang .

In June 1944 , the Japanese deployed Arranging 360,000 troops to attack Attack Changsha for the fourth time ( the first being in 1939 ) .

When Changsha fell Change_of_leadership to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19 , 1944 , Hengyang became Becoming their next target Aiming .

By 1939 , after Chinese victories in Changsha and Guangxi , and with Japan 's lines of communications stretched Expansion deep into the Chinese interior , the war reached Achieve a stalemate .

In 1944 Japan launched the invasion Attack , Operation Ichi-Go , that conquered Conquering Henan and Changsha .