Ledo Road
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Ledo Road

Western Allies, Pangsau Pass, Burma Road, Joseph Stilwell, Himalayas

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Ledo Road (from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China) was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the Stilwell Road (named after General Vinegar Joe Stilwell of the U.S. Army) in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek. It passes through Burma towns of shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state.In the nineteent...