China Theater

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World War II military theater theater of operations

The China Theater was a major World War II military theater of operations in East Asia, where Allied forces, particularly Chinese and American, coordinated campaigns against Japanese forces.

Aliases (3)

China theater of World War II ×3
China theater ×1
Chinese theater of World War II aftermath ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military theater → theater of operations →
alliedAirUnit	Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) →
alliedCoordinationRole	coordinated Chinese and American operations against Japan →
alliedPower	United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) →
alsoKnownAs	China Theater of World War II →
conflict	World War II →
endDate	1945 →
geographicScope	Burma → China → India (support and staging areas) →
involvedForce	Chinese National Revolutionary Army → Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → United States Army Air Forces → United States Army Forces, China Theater →
keyCommander	Albert C. Wedemeyer → Chiang Kai-shek → Claire Lee Chennault → Hata Shunroku → Joseph W. Stilwell → Okamura Yasuji →
locatedIn	East Asia →
logisticalFeature	reliance on air supply over the Hump → reliance on the Burma Road → reliance on the Ledo Road →
majorCampaign	Burma Campaign → Hump airlift operations → Operation Ichi-Go (Japanese offensive context) → Salween offensive → Second Sino-Japanese War → Yunnan-Burma Road operations →
notableOutcome	contributed to overall defeat of Japan in 1945 → severely weakened Nationalist Chinese forces before Chinese Civil War resumption →
partOf	China-Burma-India Theater →
politicalContext	Chinese United Front against Japan → Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party rivalry →
primaryBelligerent	Republic of China → United States →
primaryOpponent	Empire of Japan →
startDate	1937 →
strategicObjective	contain and defeat Japanese forces in China → keep China in the war as a major Allied power → tie down large numbers of Japanese troops →
successorUnit	14th Air Force →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Changde ("China theater of World War II") → Battle of Changsha ("China theater of World War II") → Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai ("Chinese theater of World War II aftermath") →	partOf
14th Air Force → China Expeditionary Army ("China theater") → Wuhan campaign ("China theater of World War II") →	theater
China Burma India Theater →	hasPart
CBI Theater →	relatedTheater