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Name: Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road

Type: Event

Start: 1942 AD

End: 1942 AD

Parent: Second Sino-Japanese War

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Was a Chinese intervention to aid their British allies in the 1942 Japanese invasion of Burma.

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  • March 1942: Pyu, a town in Burma, fell to the Japanese.

  • 1. Battle of Oktwin


    Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • March 1942: The Chinese held their ground in Oktwin until nightfall and fell back to the main defensive line at Toungoo on March 24.

  • 2. Battle of Toungoo


    Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • March 1942: The Battle of Toungoo was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • 3. Battle of Yenangyaung


    Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.

  • April 1942: The Allied forces were too weak to hold the area of Yenangyaung, which they left.

  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.34
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