Battle of the Yunnan–Burma Road
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road | |||||||
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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Shōjirō Iida Shozo Sakurai Masao Watanabe Takeshi Koga Yūzō Matsuyama Yutaka Hiroshi J.R.Seriroengrit |
Joseph Stilwell Luo Zhuoying Sun Li Jen Liu Fangwu Dai Anlan Liao Yaoxiang James Scott David Tennant Cowan John Anstice William Slim Claire Lee Chennault | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
35,000 | 95,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
33rd, 55th, 56th, Phayap Army | 50,000 |
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road (18 March – 24 May 1942; Chinese: 滇緬路戰役) was the name of the Chinese intervention to aid their British allies in the 1942 Burma Campaign. Its forces were composed of the Fifth, Sixth and Sixty-sixth Army under the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma, commanded by Lt. General Joseph Stilwell, Lt. General Luo Zhuoying was his executive officer.
In February 1942, General Lo Cho-ying directed 5th Army to move from western Yunnan to the vicinity of Toungoo and further south in Burma. Advanced elements of the 200th Division of 5th Army arrived at Toungoo on March 8, 1942, and took over defensive positions from the British forces. The 6th Army was directed to move from Kunming to the Burma–Thai border. Its leading elements reached Mawchi, Mong Pan and Mong Ton in mid March. The 66th Army later arrived in Lashio and Mandalay as a reserve and to assist the British forces in their operations.
Battles of the Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign
- Battle of Tachiao March 18–19, 1942
- Battle of Oktwin March 20–23, 1942, in vicinity of Oktwin
- Battle of Toungoo March 24–30, 1942, in and around Taungoo
- Battle of Yedashe April 5–8, 1942, in vicinity of Yedashe
- Battle of Szuwa River April 10–16, 1942, at Szuwa River northwest of Yedashe
- Battle of Mawchi and Bato Early April 1942, in vicinity of Mawchi
- Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942, in vicinity of Bawlakhe
- Battle of Yenangyaung April 17–19, 1942
- Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942, in vicinity of Pyinmana
- Battle of Loikaw April 20, 1942, in vicinity of Loikaw
- Battle of Hopong-Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942, in vicinity of Hopong and Taunggyi
- Battle of Loilem April 25, 1942, in vicinity of Loilem
- Battle of Lashio April 29, 1942, in vicinity of Lashio
- Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
- Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
- Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942
See also
- China Burma India Theater of World War II (CBI)
- The 1942 Japanese advance to the Indian frontier in the Burma Campaign
- Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
- X Force and Y Force for Chinese forces which fought in the Burma Campaign
- Battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Japanese invasion of Burma
- 1942 in Japan
- Military history of Yunnan
- 1942 in Burma
- Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom
- March 1942 events
- April 1942 events
- May 1942 events
- June 1942 events
- Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States
- Military history of Thailand during World War II