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.

Aliases (2)

Chinese Nationalist forces ×4
Chinese Y Force ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army group → military unit →
allegiance	Nationalist Government of China →
alliedWith	Allied forces → British Army → United States Army →
associatedWith	Kuomintang →
conflict	World War II →
coordinatedWith	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 → Battle of Myitkyina → Battle of Toungoo → Battle of Yenangyaung → Burma Campaign → Ledo Road operations → Northern Burma Campaign →
formedDuring	Second Sino-Japanese War →
garrisonOrAssemblyArea	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	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 →
timePeriod	early 1940s →
typeOfWarfare	jungle warfare → mountain warfare →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chindits ("Chinese Nationalist forces") →	alliedWith
South-East Asian theatre of World War II →	involvedForce
Siege of Myitkyina ("Chinese Y Force") →	involvesUnit
CBI Theater →	notableUnit
Burma Road ("Chinese Nationalist forces") →	supplied
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ("Chinese Nationalist forces") →	supported
Ledo Road ("Chinese Nationalist forces") →	usedBy