Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road

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Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II

Date	March 1942 - June 1942
Location	Burma
Result	Japanese victory

Combatants

Japan, Imperial Japanese Army

United Kingdom, China, National Revolutionary Army

Commanders

Shojiro Iida

Lo Cho-ying, Joseph Stilwell

Strength

Casualties

Second Sino-Japanese War
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Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road (Mid March - Early June 1942) 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 Armies under the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma, commanded by Lt. General Joseph Stilwell, Lt. General Lo Cho-ying was his Executive Officer.

Battles of Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign:

Battle of Oktwin Mar. 20 - 23, 1942
Battle of Toungoo Mar. 24-28, 1942
Battle of Yedahe Apr. 5-8, 1942
Battle of Szuwa River Apr. 10-16, 1942
Battle of Pyinmana April 17-20, 1942
Battle of Yenangyaung Apr. 17-19 1942
Battle of Mawache and Yato Early April 1942
Battle of Bawlake April 17,1942
Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20-24, 1942
Battle of Loliem April 25, 1942
Battle of Lashio April 29, 1942
Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
Battle of Salween River May 6-31, 1942
Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942

[edit] See also

China Burma India Theater of World War II
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.

[edit] Sources

Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.