China Burma India Theater

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Allied military command World War II military theater

The China Burma India Theater was a major World War II Allied command area in Asia that coordinated operations and logistics across China, Burma (Myanmar), and India against Japanese forces.

Aliases (15)

China-Burma-India Theater ×28
China–Burma–India Theater ×5
China-Burma-India theater ×4
China–Burma–India theater ×2
Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater ×1
China Theater of World War II ×1
China-Burma-India Theater ground forces ×1
China-Burma-India Theater of Operations ×1
China-Burma-India Theater of World War II ×1
China-Burma-India campaign ×1
India–Burma front ×1
Indo-Burma theatre ×1
US China–Burma–India Theater command ×1
United States Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater ×1
United States forces in Burma ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command → World War II military theater →
alliedCommandStructure	combined US–British command elements →
alliedForce	British Indian Army → Chinese National Revolutionary Army → Royal Air Force → United States Army → United States Army Air Forces →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	British India → Japan → Republic of China → United Kingdom → United States →
endTime	1945 →
hasPart	Burma Theater → China Theater → India Theater →
headquartersLocation	Chungking → New Delhi →
historicalPeriod	1940s →
keyOperation	Arakan Campaigns → Burma Campaign → Hump airlift → Imphal–Kohima battles → Ledo Road construction → Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Campaign →
logisticsMethod	Ledo Road supply route → airlift over the Hump →
notableCommander	Albert C. Wedemeyer → Claire Lee Chennault → Joseph Stilwell → Louis Mountbatten →
notableUnit	Chindits → Flying Tigers →
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy →
partOf	Allied war effort in Asia →
relatedTheater	China Theater of World War II → Pacific Theater of Operations → South East Asia Command →
startTime	1942 →
strategicObjective	contain and defeat Japanese forces in Burma → maintain supply lines to China → support Chinese resistance against Japan →
theaterOfOperations	Burma → China → India → Southeast Asia →

Referenced by (53)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
14th Air Force ("China-Burma-India Theater") → 23rd Fighter Group ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Allied strategic bombing of Japan ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Battle of Toungoo ("China–Burma–India Theater") → China Air Task Force ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Chinese Expeditionary Force ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Merrill's Marauders ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Operation Ichi-Go ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Siege of Myitkyina ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Special Operations Branch ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Tenth Air Force ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Twentieth Air Force ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	theater
Air Transport Command ("China–Burma–India theater") → American Volunteer Group ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Flying Tigers ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Operational Groups ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Salween offensive ("China-Burma-India Theater") → The Hump airlift over the Himalayas ("China-Burma-India Theater") → United States Armed Forces in World War II ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	theaterOfOperations
Burma Road ("China–Burma–India Theater") → Burma campaign → China Theater ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Kunming ("China–Burma–India Theater") → Ledo Road ("China–Burma–India Theater") → Salween offensive ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	partOf
Kawasaki Ki-45 ("China-Burma-India theater") → Nakajima Ki-44 ("China-Burma-India theater") → Nakajima Ki-84 ("China-Burma-India theater") → North American B-25B Mitchell ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	usedInTheater
77th Indian Infantry Brigade ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Nakajima Ki-43 ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Operation U-Go ("India–Burma front") →	front
Albert C. Wedemeyer ("China-Burma-India Theater") → Joseph W. Stilwell ("China-Burma-India Theater of World War II") → United Kingdom ("China–Burma–India Theater") →	participantIn
23rd Fighter Group ("United States Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater") → The Hump ("China-Burma-India campaign") →	associatedWith
Chindits ("United States forces in Burma") →	alliedWith
China Theater ("China Theater of World War II") →	alsoKnownAs
British India Command ("Indo-Burma theatre") →	conflict
United Kingdom ("US China–Burma–India Theater command") →	cooperatedWith
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	hasTheater
Mutaguchi Renya ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	militaryTheater
Tenth Air Force ("China-Burma-India Theater of Operations") →	notableTheater
OSS ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	operationalTheater
Japanese occupation of China ("Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater") →	opponent
The Hump ("China-Burma-India Theater") →	regionServed
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ("China–Burma–India theater") →	relatedTo
Pacific theater commands →	subordinateUnit
Tenth Air Force ("China-Burma-India Theater ground forces") →	supported
Kawasaki Ki-61 ("China-Burma-India theater") →	theaterOfOperation
Operation Go →	theatre