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{{Short description|1942 battle of World Ward II}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
| partof            = the [[Burma campaign]], the [[South-East Asian theatre of World War II]], the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] of [[World War II]]
| image             = 
| caption           = In February 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force went to Burma at the request of the British government.
| date              = {{Date range and age in years, months, weeks and days|1942|3|18|1942|7|12}}
| place             = [[Burma]]
| result            = Axis victory
<!-------Axis------->| combatant1        = {{plainlist|'''[[Axis Powers|Axis]]'''
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
* {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand in World War II|Thailand]]
}}
| combatant2        = {{plainlist|'''[[Allies of World War II|Allies]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Republic of China (1912-1949)}} [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]
* {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
* '''Air Support:'''
* {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[United States]]
}}
| commander1        = {{plainlist|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Shōjirō Iida]]
* {{flagdeco|Empire of Japan}} [[Shozo Sakurai]]
* {{flagdeco|Empire of Japan}} [[Masao Watanabe]]
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Takeshi Koga
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yūzō Matsuyama]]
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yutaka Hiroshi]]
* {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit|J.R.Seriroengrit]]
}}
| commander2        = {{plainlist|{{flagicon|Republic of China}} [[Luo Zhuoying]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} [[Sun Li Jen]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} [[Liu Fangwu]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} [[Dai Anlan]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} [[Liao Yaoxiang]]
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[James Bruce Scott|James Scott]]
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[David Tennant Cowan]]
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Anstice]]
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|William Slim]]
* {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Joseph Stilwell]]
* {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Claire Lee Chennault]]
}}
| strength1         = 35,000
| strength2         = 95,000
| casualties1       = {{plainlist|[[33rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|33rd Division]]
* [[55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|55th Division]]
* [[56th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|56th Division]]
* [[Phayap Army]]
}}
| casualties2       = 50,000
| campaignbox       = {{Campaignbox Burma}}
{{Campaignbox Second Sino-Japanese War}}
{{Campaignbox Pacific 1941}}
{{Campaignbox South-East Asian Theatre}}
{{Campaignbox South-East Asia}}
{{Japanese colonial campaigns}}
{{Campaignbox World War II}}
}}

'''Battle of [[Yunnan]]-[[Burma Road]]''' (18 March – 24 May 1942; {{zh|t=滇緬路戰役}}) was the name of the Chinese intervention to aid their British allies in the [[Japanese conquest of Burma|1942 Burma Campaign]]. Its forces were composed of the Fifth, Sixth and Sixty-sixth Army under the command of the [[Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma)|Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma]], commanded by Lt. General [[Joseph Stilwell]], Lt. General [[Luo Zhuoying]] was his executive officer.

In February 1942, General Lo Cho-ying directed 5th Army to move from western Yunnan to the vicinity of [[Taungoo|Toungoo]] and further south in [[Burma]].  Advanced elements of the [[200th Division (National Revolutionary Army)|200th Division]] of 5th Army arrived at Toungoo on March 8, 1942, and took over defensive positions from the British forces. The 6th Army was directed to move from [[Kunming]] to the Burma–[[Thailand|Thai]] border. Its leading elements reached [[Mawchi]], [[Mong Pan]] and [[Mong Ton]] in mid March. The 66th Army later arrived in [[Lashio]] and [[Mandalay]] as a reserve and to assist the British forces in their operations.

== Battles of the Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign ==
* [[Battle of Tachiao]] March 18–19, 1942  
* [[Battle of Oktwin]] March 20–23, 1942, in vicinity of [[Oktwin]]
* [[Battle of Toungoo]] March 24–30, 1942, in and around [[Taungoo]]
* [[Battle of Yedashe]] April 5–8, 1942, in vicinity of [[Yedashe]]
* [[Battle of Szuwa River]] April 10–16, 1942, at [[Szuwa River]] northwest of Yedashe
* [[Battle of Mawchi and Bato]] Early April 1942, in vicinity of [[Mawchi]]
* [[Battle of Bawlake]] April 17, 1942, in vicinity of [[Bawlakhe]]
* [[Battle of Yenangyaung]] April 17–19, 1942
* [[Battle of Pyinmana]] April 17–20, 1942, in vicinity of [[Pyinmana]]
* [[Battle of Loikaw (1942)|Battle of Loikaw]] April 20, 1942, in vicinity of [[Loikaw]]
* [[Battle of Hopong-Taunggyi]] April 20–24, 1942, in vicinity of [[Hopong]] and [[Taunggyi]] 
* [[Battle of Loilem]] April 25, 1942, in vicinity of [[Loilem]]
* [[Battle of Lashio]] April 29, 1942, in vicinity of [[Lashio]]
* [[Battle of Hsenwe]] May 1, 1942
* [[Battle of Salween River]] May 6–31, 1942
* [[Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway]] May 23, 1942

== See also ==
* [[China Burma India Theater|China Burma India Theater of World War II]] (CBI)
* The 1942 [[Burma campaign#Japanese advance to the Indian frontier|Japanese advance to the Indian frontier]] in the Burma Campaign
* [[Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan]]
* [[X Force (Chinese Expeditionary Force)|X Force]] and [[Y Force]] for Chinese forces which fought in the Burma Campaign

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, ''History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)'', 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
* Jon Latimer, ''Burma: The Forgotten War'', London: John Murray, 2004.
* [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/ChineseXForce.htm  Orbat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma – 1942]
* [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/JapForces.htm  Japanese forces in Burma, The 1942 Campaign]
* 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
** Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
** Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
** Date published : 2005-07-01
** {{ISBN|7-214-03034-9}}
** 第八部分：太平洋战争爆发后的中国抗战中国远征军入缅援英作战 1 (The Chinese Expeditionary Force enters Burma to help England to fight)

== External links ==
* [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/ww2/london_gazette/indo-burma_june_to_nov_1943/html/map_-_burma.htm Map of Burma in World War II] Showing railroads, roads and tracks.
* Topographic Maps of the battlefield area
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne47-1.jpg Topographic Map  NE 47-1 Pyinmana], for Battles of Yedashe, Szuwa River, Bawlake, Pyinmana and Loikaw
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-ne47-5.jpg  Topographic Map NE 47-5 Toungoo], for Battles of Taicho, Oktwin, Taungoo and Mawchi 
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf47-13.jpg Topographic Map NE 47-13 Yamethin], for Battle of Hopong - Taunggyi
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf47-14.jpg Topographic Map NF 47-14 Mong Pan], for Battle of Loilem. 
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf47-6.jpg Topographic Map NF 47-6], for Battle of Lashio. 
** [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf47-5.jpg Topographic Map NF 47-5 Maymyo], for Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway 
* [http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=124083&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=26 Japanese Map of the Battle of Toungoo, Axis History Forum]
* [http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=124083&start=6 Axis History Forum: Chinese 200th Division: descriptions of actions needed!] Discussion and map of the battle of Toungoo and the actions leading up to it and subsequent battles of the campaign.
* [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/ww2/london_gazette/indo-burma_june_to_nov_1943/html/map_-_burma.htm Map of Burma in World War II] Showing rails, roads and tracks.
* [http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=124083&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=81 1944 aerial photograph of Toungoo]

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