Location
Formally known as Burma. Today known as Myanmar.

Wartime History
At the start of the war, the American and British commands were driven out of Burma back to India. The nececity to hold Burma was to allow a road to be built from India to China, to keep supplies flowing.  American aircraft flew 'The Hump' to China and engineers worked on the Burma Road, one of the world's greatest engineering projects, that was completed in early 1945, linking India to China by road. The Japanese also had ambitious engineering plans in Burma, using POW and local labor to complete their own rail Thai-Burma railroad. At the height of the war, the Japanese had 85,000 troops in Burma. By the end of the war, the majority had been killed in battle and died of disease and starvation.

Rangoon (Yangoon)
Port city, fell to the Japanese on March 7, 1942. Anglo-Indian ground forces, supported by the 10th AF and RAF combat and cargo aircraft recaptured Rangoon in May 1945

Putao (Fort Hertz)
Located in northern Burma. Location of an airstrip and radio beacon.

Lashio
Lat 22° 55' 60N Long 97° 45' 0E  Start of the road linking Burma to China, known as the Burma Road. Also Ledo Road and Stillwell Road.

Indaw
Connected by rail to Myitkina. Site of landing zones White City, Blackpool and Broadway.

Akyab Island
Akyab Island is located on the western coast of Burma, bordering the Bay of Bingal, 90 miles south of the border with India.

Kangaw
Kangaw located on the western coast of Burma, south-east of Akyab. Assaulted by amphibious landing on January 22, 1945 by British and commonwealth forces.

Mong Yu
Junction of the Ledo Road and old Burma Road, which were improved by the Americans into the completed road stretching from Ledo to China.

Heho Airfield
Location  6° 48' 0" E / 20° 45' 0" N

Amunhan Airfield

Myitkjina Airfield (Myitkyina)
Wartime airfield

Meiktila
City in central Burma

Mandalay
Anglo-Indian ground forces, supported by the 10th AF and RAF combat and cargo aircraft captured Mandalay in March 1945 and Rangoon in May, as they drove the remnants of the Japanese forces from Burma.

Pegu Airfield
Wartime airfield

Toungoo
City in the Bago Division of Myanmar, located 220 km from Yangon, towards the northeastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to both east and west.

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Last Updated
March 18, 2010