Burma即缅甸的英文词,Burma是缅甸在英国殖民统治时期的旧名字,而1988年9月缅甸现政府上台以后,向联合国申请把缅甸的英文名称由Burma改为Myanmar,这主要有两方面的原因:一是缅甸现政府认为缅甸的许多地名都是在英国殖民统治时期确定的,既带有殖民色彩,也与缅语的发音有很大的出入,容易造成误解和混淆。因此,缅甸现政府...
within months after they entered the war, Japanese troops had advanced on Rangoon and the British administration had collapsed. A Burmese Executive Administration headed by Ba Maw was established by the Japanese in August 1942. Wingate’s British Chindits were ...
It had been built to provide supplies for the Allied forces in China and north Burma after the Japanese occupation of Burma in 1942 had cut off the earlier line of war supplies shipped by rail from Rangoon to Lashio, and then on to Kunming along the Burma Road. The construction of a new...
Otherwise, our nation will disappear in the world map. May 22, 2004 07:32:02 (GMT Time) JaGyiAung Bogyoke Aung San is my hero. I will never forget him. May 18, 2004 06:08:15 (GMT Time) TTS I was born in 1960. I have nerver seen him. But he won heart and soul of ...
HOSPITALS MAP TYPES PICTURES ORDERS STORY NURSES Hospital Units in the China-Burma-India Theater (1942-1946) HOSPITAL UNIT LOCATION YEARS 14th EVAC. HOSPITAL LEDO ROAD MILE 19 1943-45 18th GENERAL HOSPITAL LEDO - MYITKYINA 1945 19th EVAC. HOSPITAL CHINA - BURMA UNKNOWN 20th GENERAL HOSPITAL MAR...
ww2dbaseSources: Wikipedia The Ledo Road by Carl Weidenburner Last Major Update: Jul 2015 Burma Road and the Hump Interactive Map
Raphael Tuck and Sons, printers with a Royal Warrant: Their postcards, printed in England, were often paintings done on commission. The artists aren’t always named, but the words “Oilette” and their initials can be seen at the lower left of the card. Edith Pinhey is one artist who si...
Map of India and Ceylon When A Hawk Smiles Young Officer in Burma Kunming-Chabua Cloth Chart Burma Death Railway Negro Soldiers Replacement Depot No. 1 158th AACS - Luliang, China A UNIQUE LOOK CBI News on the Homefront Adventure on the Stilwell Road ...
Map shows boundaries revised as the war progressed General Joseph W. Stilwell Born 1883 in Palatka, Florida and raised in Yonkers, New York, Joseph Warren Stilwell served in the U.S. Army for 42 years. Nicknamed "Vinegar Joe," in part for his blunt candor, he was known for his willing...
From the small map, it can also be seen that the Mekong Delta region in the south was not originally part of the Vietnamese states. It was Cambodian and was absorbed by Vietnam as Cambodia, initially the dominant state, declined.