Chinese Expeditionary Force

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army group military unit

The Chinese Expeditionary Force was a Nationalist Chinese army group that fought alongside Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, particularly in Burma against Japanese forces.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Expeditionary Force canonical 4
Chinese Nationalist forces 4
China Expeditionary Force 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army group ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Nationalist Government of China
alliedWith Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
associatedWith Kuomintang ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
coordinatedWith Tenth Air Force ⓘ
surface form: American China-Burma-India Theater command

British India Command ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
disbandedAfter end of World War II in Asia ⓘ
engagement Battle of Lashio ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Myitkyina

Battle of Toungoo ⓘ
Battle of Yenangyaung ⓘ
Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma Campaign

Ledo Road ⓘ
surface form: Ledo Road operations

Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northern Burma Campaign
formedDuring Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
garrisonOrAssemblyArea Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand Chinese ⓘ
militaryBranch Army ⓘ
notableCommander Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ
Luo Zhuoying ⓘ
Sun Li-jen ⓘ
Wei Lihuang ⓘ
notableFor cooperation with British and American forces ⓘ
participation in Allied operations in Burma ⓘ
objective defend Burma against Japanese invasion ⓘ
maintain land communications between China and India ⓘ
opposedBy Japanese Fifteenth Army ⓘ
partOf National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma
primaryOpponent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
role ground combat operations against Japanese forces in Burma ⓘ
supplyRoute Burma Road ⓘ
Ledo Road ⓘ
supportedBy Allied logistics in India ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
theater China Burma India Theater ⓘ
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater
timePeriod early 1940s ⓘ
typeOfWarfare jungle warfare ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBI Theater → notableUnit → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Ledo Road → usedBy → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → supported → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces
Chindits → alliedWith → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces
Burma Road → supplied → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → involvedForce → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina → involvesUnit → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Y Force
Battle of Yenangyaung → hasParticipant → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: China Expeditionary Force
Luo Zhuoying → partOf → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Japanese 18th Division → opponent → Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ