Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road

Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II Date March – June 1942 Location Burma Result Japanese victory Belligerents Japan Republic of China  United States United Kingdom Commanders and leaders Shojiro Iida Lo Cho-ying Joseph Stilwell Strength 35,000 95,000 Casualties and losses 3 divisions[1] 50,000

v t e Second Sino-Japanese War Major engagements in bold Began in 1931–1937 Mukden Manchuria Jiangqiao Nenjiang Bridge Chinchow Harbin Shanghai (1932) Pacification of Manchukuo Rehe Great Wall Inner Mongolia Suiyuan Began in 1937–1939 Marco Polo Bridge Beiping-Tianjin Chahar Shanghai (1937) Sihang Warehouse Beiping-Hankou Railway Tianjin-Pukou Railway Taiyuan Pingxingguan Xinkou Nanjing Xuzhou Taierzhuang N.-E.Henan Lanfeng Amoy Chongqing Wuhan Wanjialing Canton Hainan Nanchang Xiushui River Suixian-Zaoyang Swatow 1st Changsha S.Guangxi Kunlun Pass Winter Offensive West Suiyuan Wuyuan Began in 1940–1942 Zaoyang-Yichang Hundred Regiments N. Vietnam C. Hubei S.Henan W. Hebei Shanggao S.Shanxi 2nd Changsha 3rd Changsha Yunnan-Burma Road Tachiao Oktwin Toungoo Yenangyaung Zhejiang-Jiangxi Sichuan invasion Began in 1943–1945 W.Hubei N.Burma-W.Yunnan Changde Ichi-Go C.Henan 4th Changsha Hengyang Guilin-Liuzhou W.Henan-N.Hubei W.Hunan 2nd Guangxi Others Aerial engagements v t e Burma Campaign Japanese conquest of Burma Bilin River Sittang Bridge Pegu Taukkyan Yunnan-Burma Road Toungoo Shwedaung Prome Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–1943 First Arakan The Hump Chindits Burma Campaign 1944 U Go Ngakyedauk Chindits (II) Sangshak Imphal Kohima Burma Campaign 1944–1945 North Burma & Yunnan Meiktila & Mandalay Pakokku Hill 170 Ramree Island Dracula Elephant Point

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 Army 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.

In February 1942, General Lo Cho-ying directed 5th Army to move from western Yunan 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. 6th Army was directed to move from Kunming to the Burma Thai border. Its leading elements reached Mawchi, Mongpang and Mongtong in mid March. 66th Army later arrived in Lashio and Mandalay as a reserve and to assist the British forces in their operations.

Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma

Battles of Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign:

• Battle of Tachiao March 18–19, 1942
• Battle of Oktwin March 20–23, 1942
• Battle of Toungoo March 24–30, 1942
• Battle of Yedashe April 5–8, 1942
• Battle of Szuwa River April 10–16, 1942
• Battle of Mawchi and Bato Early April 1942
• Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
• Battle of Yenangyaung April 17–19, 1942
• Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
• Battle of Loikaw April 20, 1942
• Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
• Battle of Loilem 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

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.

References

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.

• Jon Latimer, Burma: The Forgotten War, London: John Murray, 2004.
• Orbat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma - 1942
• Japanese forces in Burma, The 1942 Campaign
• 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
  • Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
  • Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
  • Date published : 2005-7-1
  • ISBN 7-214-03034-9
  • Online in Chinese [1]
    • 第八部分：太平洋战争爆发后的中国抗战中国远征军入缅援英作战 1 (The Chinese Expeditionary Force enters Burma to help England to fight)

External links

• Map of Burma in WWII Showing railroads, roads and tracks.