抗战时期衡阳是大后方的交通枢纽,第三大工商业城市和金融中心,战略地位相当重要;为了摧毁衡阳,日军对衡阳及周边各县进行了频繁的猛烈轰炸,并于1944年摧毁了衡阳市,占领周边各县,实行野蛮的“三光”政策;据不完全统计,战时衡阳人口伤亡超过77万,公私财产直接损失至少在3亿美元以上,其损失居大后方的前列。 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hengyang was the traffic hub at the rear of the Great Wall and the third largest commercial and industrial city and financial center. Its strategic position was very important. In order to destroy Hengyang, the Japanese conducted heavy and violent bombing on Hengyang and surrounding counties and destroyed Hengyang in 1944 According to incomplete statistics, the casualties of Hengyang’s population were over 770,000 during the war, and direct losses of public and private property were at least 300 million U.S. dollars or so, with losses at the forefront of the ranks.