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Parent topics
- World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]
- World War II theaters of operations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- China [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burma [r]: Country in Southeast Asia, officially called Myanmar. [e]
- India [r]: Republic in South Asia; the world's largest democracy. Borders Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, Pakistan [e]
- Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. [e]
Subtopics
- Chandra Bose [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mao Zedong [r]: (1893–1976) Former Chairman of the People's Republic of China; military theorist most associated with protracted war [e]
- William Slim [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hisaichi Terauchi [r]: (1879-1946) Count and son of Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi, who emphasized obedience to the Emperor and an end of factionalism in the Imperial Japanese Army; commanded Southern Area Army at the end of the war, including the Philippines; Tomoyuki Yamashita's superior officer but too sick to surrender or be arrested [e]
- Burma Road and Ledo Road [r]: The main overland supply routes to China in the CBI Theater during World War II. [e]
- Claire Chennault [r]: (1890-1958 ), was an Americans military pilot and leader of the "Flying Tigers" in World War II, an American operation that aided China. [e]
- Chiang Kai-shek [r]: A Chinese revolutionary and Leader of the Republic of China and Kuomintang from 1928 until his death in 1975. [e]
- Merrill's Marauders [r]: The common nickname for the U.S. Army 5307th Provisional Unit, codenamed GALAHAD, of 3000 men that operated in Burma, in the China-Burma-India theater (CBI) of World War II in 1944. [e]
- Joseph Warren Stilwell [r]: American general in World War II; commander of American forces in the China-Burma-India theater. [e]
Related topics
- Southwest Pacific Area [r]: Second World War theater of operations under the command of Douglas MacArthur; major components included Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, the western Solomon Islands, and the Malay Peninsula and Singapore [e]
- Vietnam wars [r]: The broad context of warfare in the modern area of Vietnam, of which the Vietnam War (1962-1975) is best known, but involves colonization, Japanese occupation, decolonization, and post-1975 but related warfare among Vietnam, Cambodia and China [e]
- Flying the Hump [r]: Add brief definition or description