Burma Theater

E294580

World War II theater military theater of operations

The Burma Theater was a major World War II combat zone in Southeast Asia where Allied forces fought primarily against Japan to secure supply routes and support Chinese resistance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Burma Theater canonical	1
Burma Theatre	1
Burma theater	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II theater ⓘ military theater of operations ⓘ
associatedWith	Chindits ⓘ special operations behind Japanese lines ⓘ
climate	tropical monsoon ⓘ
commandStructure	South East Asia Command ⓘ surface form: Allied South East Asia Command
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	reopening of land route to China via Burma ⓘ
hasObjective	defend British India ⓘ recapture Burma from Japanese control ⓘ secure supply routes to China ⓘ support Chinese resistance against Japan ⓘ
involvedCountry	British India ⓘ Japan ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
involvedForce	British Army ⓘ Central Army of the Kuomintang ⓘ surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Indian Army ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
locatedIn	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Myanmar ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Imphal ⓘ Battle of Kohima ⓘ Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ⓘ Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
notableCampaign	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma Campaign
notableCommander	Joseph W. Stilwell ⓘ surface form: Joseph Stilwell Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ surface form: Louis Mountbatten Mutaguchi Renya NERFINISHED ⓘ William Slim ⓘ
notableOperation	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma Road operations Ledo Road construction ⓘ airlift over the Hump ⓘ
partOf	China Burma India Theater ⓘ surface form: China-Burma-India Theater
primaryBelligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
result	Allied victory in Burma Campaign ⓘ
startEvent	Japanese occupation of Burma ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Burma
strategicImportance	maintaining land communications with China ⓘ protecting approaches to India ⓘ
terrainType	jungle ⓘ mountainous regions ⓘ
timePeriod	1941–1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

China Burma India Theater → hasPart → Burma Theater ⓘ

India Theater → relatedCampaign → Burma Theater ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma theater

British IV Corps → theatre → Burma Theater ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burma Theatre