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China Burma India Theater ( CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India–Burma (IBT) theaters. Operational command of Allied forces (including U.S. forces) in the CBI was officially the responsibility of the Supreme Commanders for South East Asia or China.
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies (mainly from the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States) against the invading forces of the Empire of Japan.
South-East Asian Theatre. Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II. A Chindit column crosses a river in Burma, 1943. Date. 8 December 1941 – 2 September 1945. (3 years, 9 months and 1 day) Location. Philippines, Thailand, Indochina, Dutch East Indies, Burma, India, Malaya, Singapore, Ceylon, Hong Kong. Result.
There, on the 40-acre (160,000 m 2) site of the Hastings Jute Mill, Stratemeyer, now a lieutenant general and commander of all USAAF forces in the CBI, established Hastings Army Air Base as the headquarters of the Army Air Forces India-Burma Theater, using a converted 8.5-acre (34,000 m 2) mill building to house his headquarters, that of CBI ...
Rhode Island celebrates Victory Day. As Rhode Island marks Victory Day, celebrating the end of World War II, Gray is familiar with arguments to end the holiday in Rhode Island, the only state that ...
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v. t. e. The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India. [ 4][ 5] It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmental corruption, in 1965 it received expanded jurisdiction to investigate breaches ...