The siege of Myitkyina was an engagement during the Burma campaign of World War II. The Allied victory was part of the larger Battle of Northern Burma...
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in 1942. In August 1944, Myitkyina was recaptured by the Allied forces under General Joseph Stilwell after a prolonged siege and heavy fighting between...
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Comfort women (redirect from Serial Kidnapping of Korean Women in 1930s)
report based on interrogation of 20 Korean comfort women and two Japanese civilians captured after the Siege of Myitkyina in Burma indicated that the comfort...
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amalgamated with the Siege of Myitkyina by Chinese and US forces led by Joseph Stilwell who was in overall command of the Chindits. The capture of Mogaung was...
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the exploits of the long-range penetration jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma campaign, culminating in the Siege of Myitkyina. The source...
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Battle of Central Henan 1944 — Siege of Myitkyina 1944 — Fourth Battle of Changsha 1944 — Battle of Mogaung 1944 — Battle of Mount Song 1944 — Battle of Hengyang...
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World War II Siege of Imphal (1944) – World War II Siege of Kohima (1944) – World War II Siege of Myitkyina (1944) – World War II Siege of Mount Song (1944)...
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New 1st Army (category Armies of the National Revolutionary Army)
(traditional Chinese: 新一軍; simplified Chinese: 新一军) was a prominent military unit of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. It was nicknamed the "First Army...
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1944 Siege of Myitkyina April - August 1944 Battle of Mount Song May - September 1944 Battle of Mongyu December 1944 - January 1945 Battle of Lashio March...
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campaign, sieges of Myitkyina, the Admin Box, Imphal, and Kohima, which was the high-water mark for the Japanese advance into India. The Siege of Sevastopol...
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Joseph Stilwell (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
find it on the map. Stilwell expected the 77th Brigade to join the siege of Myitkyina, but Calvert was so sickened by demands on his troops that he considered...
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Chindits (category Groups of World War II)
casualties – 50 per cent of the brigade's men involved in the operation. Fearing that they would then be ordered to join the siege of Myitkyina, Calvert handed...
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56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) (category Infantry divisions of Japan)
Siege of Myitkyina in May–August 1944 and in delaying the 15:1 superior Chinese forces and inflicting heavy Chinese casualties during the Battle of Mount...
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Burma campaign (1944) (category Military history of Thailand during World War II)
Stilwell's command to replace the Chindits. The still continuing siege of Myitkyina resulted in heavy Japanese losses. When the airfield was captured...
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27th Engineer Battalion (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
Composite Unit, they helped seize the Myitkyina airfield during the Siege of Myitkyina. Seventy-one members of the 209th were killed in action and 179...
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1944 Battle of the Admin Box Siege of Myitkyina Japanese invasion of India: March–June 1944 Battle of Imphal Battle of Sangshak Battle of Kohima Burma...
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in 1944. The unit was staying in Western Burma and engaged in the Siege of Myitkyina during the Burma Campaign 1944–45. "Japanese 8th Army Upon Activation...
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Campaign May 23 – October 19, 1948 — Siege of Changchun May 29 – July 18, 1948 — Yanzhou Campaign June 17–19, 1948 — Battle of Shangcai September 12 – November...
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Mon People who are the founder of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom and the Rakhine people who are the founder of the Kingdom of Mrauk U as well as other foreign...
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the exploits of the long-range penetration jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma campaign, culminating in the Siege of Myitkyina The Miracle...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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Kakuji Kakuta, 53, Japanese admiral (probable suicide on Tinian) The Siege of Myitkyina in Burma ended in Allied victory. The British destroyer Quorn was...
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Merrill's Marauders (category Special operations units and formations of the United States Army)
time the town of Myitkyina was taken, only about 200 surviving members of the original Marauders were present. A week after Myitkyina fell, on 10 August...
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7th Airlift Squadron (category Airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force)
the spring of 1944, the squadron was transferred to Tenth Air Force in India where it carried combat cargo during the Siege of Myitkyina, Burma. Returning...
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The Siege of Myitkyina began during the Burma Campaign. German submarine U-240 went missing in the North Sea. Her fate remains unknown. The Battle of Monte...
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4th Airlift Squadron (category Airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force)
the spring of 1944, the squadron was transferred to Tenth Air Force in India where it carried combat cargo during the Siege of Myitkyina, Burma. Returning...
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This is a timeline of Chiang Kai-shek's (Jiang Jieshi) life. History of China–United States relations to 1948 Taylor 2009, p. 11. Taylor 2009, p. 12. Taylor...
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2024 Kachin offensive (category Military operations of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present))
the Tatmadaw military junta of Myanmar which began on 7 March 2024. Primarily centred along the road connecting Myitkyina to Bhamo, Operation 0307 was...
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Sino-Burmese War (redirect from Siege of Kengtung (1765-1766))
army which had been guarding the western flank of the Irrawaddy River, then marched north of Myitkyina and defeated other lightly held Chinese garrisons...
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targeting air base, outposts near Myitkyina and Laiza". Myanmar Now. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024. MNDAA Claims Seizure of Myanmar Junta Command Headquarters...
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