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Ledo Road
Ledo Road, 770 km. (478 mi.) long India–China supply road and oil pipeline built through the mountainous area of northern Burma. It ran from Ledo (situated in India near the northern border with Burma) to Myitkyina in northern Burma, then Bhamo, and finally to Muse where it connected with the Burma Road that had been built to Kunming in China. It took 17,000 Allied engineers and $148 million to build it, and was one of the major engineering feats of the war. Construction started in December 1942 at the insistence of the USA, which was eager to support Chiang Kai-shek's forces fighting the Japanese in China (see China incident), whose supplies were by then restricted to the tonnage being flown in by the Hump air route. Lt-General Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command offensive between October 1943 and August 1944 cleared the Japanese from northern Burma (see Burma campaign), but it soon became apparent that the road would not be ready in time to be of much strategic use. It was completed in January 1945 when its name was changed by Chiang Kai-shek to the Stilwell Road. See also logistics.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Ledo Road." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Ledo Road." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-LedoRoad.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Ledo Road." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-LedoRoad.html |
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Ledo Road
Ledo Road Stilwell Road a highway constructed by U.S. Army engineers during World War II, from Ledo, Assam, India, across the Naga Hills, joining the eastern, Chinese-held sector of the Burma Supply Road near Wanting, Burma. The highway was built as a replacement for the Burma Road, the 717-mile (1,154-km) supply route between Burma and Kunming, China, which was destroyed by the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942. Ledo Road was built at the request of Gen. Joseph Stilwell and was completed in January 1945. The highway was then renamed for Gen. Stilwell.
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"Ledo Road." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ledo Road." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-LedoRoad.html "Ledo Road." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-LedoRoad.html |
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Ledo Road
Ledo Road see Burma Road . |
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"Ledo Road." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ledo Road." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-LedoRoad.html "Ledo Road." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-LedoRoad.html |
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