Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road

Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road (Mid March – Early June 1942) was the name of the Chinese intervention to aid their British allies in the 1942 Burma Campaign. Its forces were composed of the Fifth, Sixth and Sixty-sixth Army under the command of the 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 Toungoo and further south in Burma. Advanced elements of the 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–Thai border. Its leading elements reached Mawchi, Mongpang and Mongtong 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 Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign:

• Battle of Tachiao March 18–19, 1942
• Battle of Oktwin March 20–23, 1942
• Battle of Toungoo March 24–30, 1942
• Battle of Yedashe April 5–8, 1942
• Battle of Szuwa River April 10–16, 1942
• Battle of Mawchi and Bato Early April 1942
• Battle of Bawlake April 17, 1942
• Battle of Yenangyaung April 17–19, 1942
• Battle of Pyinmana April 17–20, 1942
• Battle of Loikaw April 20, 1942
• Battle of Hopong-Taunggyi April 20–24, 1942
• Battle of Loilem April 25, 1942
• Battle of Lashio April 29, 1942
• Battle of Hsenwe May 1, 1942
• Battle of Salween River May 6–31, 1942
• Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway May 23, 1942