China Burma India Theater of World War II
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China Burma India Theater (CBI) (later IBT, or India-Burma theater) was the name used by the United States Army for its forces operating in conjunction with Allied air and land forces in China, Burma, and India during World War II. Well-known US units in this theater included the Flying Tigers, transport and bomber units flying the Hump, the 1st Air Commando Group, the engineers who built Ledo Road, and the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), otherwise known as Merrill's Marauders.
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Military insignia[править]
Military commanders[править]
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Supreme Commander in Chief of the China Burma India Theatre.
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Brig. Gen. Frank D. Merrill and Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell meet near Naubum, Burma
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Liao Yao-hsiang at command post.
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Stiwell with captured Japanese flag.
Battle scenes[править]
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A 75-mm. pack howitzer supports GALAHAD's siege operations at Myitkyina.
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Arial view of first convoy on Burma Road.
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Chinese gunners bombarded Bhamo.
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Chinese soldiers with mountain guns2.
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Chinese troops crossing the Irrawaddy.
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Chinese troops on rubber rafts.
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Chinese machine-gunners.
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Natives welcome Chinese troops.
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Heavy machine gun river crossing.
Aircraft used in the war[править]
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft.
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft.
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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 2 USAF.
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A Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 planes
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A Liberator bomber crosses the shark-nosed bows of U.S. P-40 fighter planes
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P43s in China.
The Hump[править]
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C-46 flying over the Himalaya.
Merrill's Marauders[править]
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General Stilwell and Merrill.
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General Stilwell awarding medals at Myitkyina.
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Marauders rest during a break along a jungle trail near Nhpum Ga.
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Brig Gen. Frank D. Merrill (far left) watches troops cross into Burma on the Ledo Road.
Mars Task Force[править]
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Marsmen on Loi-kang Ridge. (National Archives)
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MARS TASK FORCE mule skinners and pack animals plod through the hills toward the Burma Road, January 1945.
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Japanese truck and tankette trapped by crater blown in the Burma Road by MARS demolition men. (National Archives)
Retreat from Burma to India[править]
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General Stilwell marches out of Burma, May 1942. (National Archives)
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Captured Japanese 10 tanks.
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Japanese POW.
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Captured Japanese Elephant Cavalry.