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The Burma Road
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Japan captured and occupied China’s sea ports at the onset of World War Two. That lead to hundreds of thousands of Chinese laborers building a road through Burma to get supplies to China. That road got blocked when Burma fell to the Japanese. Next, American engineers began building another road through hundreds of miles of steep jungle while pilots flew supplies into China over the Himalayas. Meanwhile, American and British forces fought to keep the Japanese at bay in remote jungle battles. All this took place while America’s focus of effort was on defeating Germany first. Donovan Webster tells the story in “The Burma Road.”
54 episodes
Manage episode 470819791 series 2865702
Japan captured and occupied China’s sea ports at the onset of World War Two. That lead to hundreds of thousands of Chinese laborers building a road through Burma to get supplies to China. That road got blocked when Burma fell to the Japanese. Next, American engineers began building another road through hundreds of miles of steep jungle while pilots flew supplies into China over the Himalayas. Meanwhile, American and British forces fought to keep the Japanese at bay in remote jungle battles. All this took place while America’s focus of effort was on defeating Germany first. Donovan Webster tells the story in “The Burma Road.”
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