Ledo Road
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Ledo Road was a World War II military supply route built by the Allies through northern Burma to connect India with China and support Chinese forces against Japan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ledo Road canonical | 13 |
| Ledo Road operations | 1 |
| Ledo Road supply route | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II infrastructure project
ⓘ
military supply route ⓘ road ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Burma Road
ⓘ
surface form:
Stilwell Road
|
| builtByBranch |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
US Army Corps of Engineers
|
| conflict |
Pacific War
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino–Japanese War
|
| connectsWith | Burma Road ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
Allied forces
ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
British forces
Chinese laborers ⓘ Indian laborers ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1942 ⓘ |
| country |
British India
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Kunming, China
ⓘ
surface form:
Kunming, Yunnan, China
|
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
China ⓘ India ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Allied military engineers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ |
| namedForRole | supply line to China ⓘ |
| notableFeature | difficult construction conditions due to climate and terrain ⓘ |
| opened | 1945 ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied logistics network in Asia
China Burma India Theater ⓘ
surface form:
China–Burma–India Theater
|
| passesThrough |
Bhamo region
ⓘ
Upper Burma ⓘ
surface form:
Myitkyina region
Upper Burma ⓘ
surface form:
northern Burma
|
| purpose | to re-establish a land supply route to China ⓘ |
| region |
Assam
ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Yunnan
|
| relatedTo |
Burma Road
ⓘ
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
surface form:
Hump airlift
|
| startPoint | Ledo, Assam, India ⓘ |
| status | partially in use as a highway in modern times ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | bypassed Japanese-controlled routes to China ⓘ |
| terrain |
jungle
ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Indian Army
ⓘ
Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Nationalist forces
United States Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
supporting Chinese forces against Japan
ⓘ
transporting military supplies ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ledo Road operations
this entity surface form:
Ledo Road supply route
subject surface form:
United Kingdom