Burma Road

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Burma Road

A former highway extending about 1,126 km (700 mi) generally northeastward through mountainous country from northeast Burma (now Myanmar) to Kunming, China. It was a vital transportation route for wartime supplies to the Chinese government from 1938 to 1946.

Burma Road

(Historical Terms) the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China

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4) Sultan's mission in north Burma was the same as Stilwell's had been--to control the Burma Road and reopen access to China, and to support the British main effort to recapture southern Burma.

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