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The Burma Road was a makeshift track built by Israeli forces headed by general Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem, inspired by the WWII route into China.
In the opening phases of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. At that time, the Jordanians surrounded and besieged Jerusalem, by closing off the main road with artillery fire. The citizens of Jerusalem were suffering, with attempts to resupply and provide weapons leading to failure. The "Burma Road" was a goat trail quickly widened by bulldozer. This unpaved road provided a new way into Jerusalem that was not blocked by the Jordanians. This road was completed on the 10th of June 1948 and broke the siege on Jewish military forces and civil population in Jerusalem.[1]
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