Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War of the Pacific War Camouflaged Chinese soldiers repel a Japanese banzai charge of 50,000 men along the Salween River near Burma Date October 1943 – March 1945 Location Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Coordinates: 22°50′N 97°08′E / 22.83°N 97.14°E / 22.83; 97.14 Result Allied victory Belligerents  Republic of China United States  Empire of Japan Commanders and leaders Joseph Stilwell Wei Li-huang Masakazu Kawabe Heitarō Kimura Strength 400,000 150,000 Casualties and losses 107,000 108,000

Second Sino-Japanese War Major engagements in bold Began in 1931–37 Mukden Manchuria Jiangqiao Nenjiang Bridge Jinzhou Harbin Shanghai (1932) Pacification of Manchukuo Rehe Great Wall Inner Mongolia Suiyuan Began in 1937–39 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 1940–42 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 1943–45 W.Hubei N.Burma-W.Yunnan Changde Ichi-Go C.Henan 4th Changsha Hengyang Guilin-Liuzhou W.Henan-N.Hubei Mt. Song W.Hunan 2nd Guangxi Others Aerial engagements Burma Campaign Japanese conquest of Burma Bilin River Sittang Bridge Pegu Taukkyan Yunnan-Burma Road Toungoo Shwedaung Prome Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–43 First Arakan The Hump Chindits Burma Campaign 1944 U Go Ngakyedauk Chindits (II) Sangshak Imphal Kohima Tennis Court Myitkyina Mount Song Burma Campaign 1944–45 Meiktila & Mandalay Pakokku Hill 170 Ramree Island Dracula Elephant Point Sittang Bend

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan (Chinese: 滇西缅北会战 October 1943 – March 1945) was the name of the Chinese campaign with their allies in the 1943-45 Burma Campaign. The Japanese troops initially had the winning side. However, their banzai charges failed to have much effect against the Allied troops who used camouflage tactics. The Allied forces eventually won the battle.

Battles in Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan

• Battle of Yupang October - December 1943
• Battle of Lashio January 1944
• Battle of Maingkwan February - 5 March 1944
• Battle of Mogaung March 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 1945
• Battle of Hsipaw March 1945

References

See also

• China Burma India Theater of World War II
• Burma Campaign 1944-1945
• Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
• Northern Combat Area Command