"The Chinese Army in Burma, 1942–5" Topic

"When the Japanese Imperial navy's aircraft attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 China's war changed. Overnight the Chinese had Allies against Japan who Chiang Kai-shek hoped would aid him in his four-year war. However, the reality was different with the Japanese blitzkrieg tearing through British, US and Dutch territories by early 1942. In the short term the Allies had enough to cope with without sending armaments or any other aid to Nationalist China. French Indo-China had already been taken over by the Japanese in 1940, cutting off supplies to the Nationalists from that direction. When the Japanese Imperial army invaded British Burma from Thailand on 15 December the last land supply line along the Burma Road was threatened. As with Malaya, the Philippines and other Allied territories, the Japanese advanced through Burma. They moved northwards with the British forces retreating in front of them towards the Burma Road in the north-east of the territory…."
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Definitely a little known aspect of the War in the Far East.

First ran across this when looking up the actor who played the General Han Xin in the movie 'King's War.' One of his previous roles was as an officer in the Nationalist Army in Burma.

Of course in a Chinese movie made under their current government about Nationalist troops in Burma there was a message (based on the synopsis) of the troops being under equipped and treated as 'throw away' forces by the Western Allies.

If it were available however, I would still like to see the movie though.

a little known aspect of the War in the Far East

Very much so …. Like much in the WWII CBI … more needs to be brought to light, etc.