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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. In practice, U.S. forces were usually overseen by General Joseph ...
It passes through the Burmese towns of Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state. [4] Of the 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) long road, 1,033 kilometres (642 mi) are in Burma and 632 kilometres (393 mi) in China with the remainder 61 km was in India. [5] The road had the Ledo - Pangsau Pass - Tanai (Danai)- Myitkyina -- Bhamo - Mansi ...
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.
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.
Burma campaign (1944) A C-47 transport aircraft drops supplies by parachute to Allied troops in action against Japanese forces; a common event during the fighting in Burma and India during 1944. The fighting in the Burma campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.
The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945. From mid-1942 until the end of the war in 1945, two U.S. operational commands were in the Pacific. The Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), divided into the Central Pacific Area, the North Pacific Area and the South Pacific ...
The Burma Road ( Chinese : 滇缅公路) was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Lashio, Burma, in the south and Kunming, China, the capital of Yunnan province in the north.
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