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After the Japanese cut off the Burma Road in 1942 an alternative was required, hence the construction of the Ledo Road. It was renamed the Stilwell Road, after General Joseph Stilwell of the U.S. Army, in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek. It passes through the Burmese towns of Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state.
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U.S.-built army trucks on Stilwell Road during World War II. Stilwell Road, highway 478 mi (769 km) long that links northeastern India with the Burma Road ( q.v. ), which runs from Burma to China. During World War II the Stilwell Road was a strategic military route. U.S. Army engineers began construction of the highway in December 1942 to link ...
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Nov 29, 2011 · November 29, 2011. General Joseph Stillwell's desk at the museum site in Chongqing, China Image courtesy of Flickr user mag3737. General Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), known affectionately as ...
May 11, 2024 · Ledo Road - Japan invaded and occupied Burma in early 1942, blocking the Burma Road supply line. Allied war planners decided to build a new road from Ledo, Assam, India, to bypass the cut off Burma Road. Supplies landed at Karachi and Calcutta, India could be brought by rail to Ledo and trucked over the road to China.
Aug 10, 2015 · January 2015 saw the 70th anniversary of the completion of the first journey along the Stilwell Road, when in 1945 the main architect of the road, Lt Gen Lewis A Pick, led the convoy from Ledo to ...
