Detail of the Burma Road Monument in Kunming, the capitol of Yunnan Province in China.

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Detail of the Burma Road Monument in Kunming, the capitol of Yunnan Province in China. The Burma Road extended from the Myanmar (Burma) railhead of Lashio to Kunming. About 700 mi (1,130 km) long and constructed through rough mountain country, it was a remarkable engineering achievement. Undertaken by the Chinese after the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and completed in 1938, it was used to transport war supplies landed at Rangoon and shipped by railroad to Lashio. It was a vital transportation route for wartime supplies to the Chinese government from 1938 to 1946.

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Size: 5100px × 3369px
Location: Detail of the Burma Road Monument in Kunming, the capitol of Yunnan Province in China.
Photo credit: © Robert Burch / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: asia, burma, china, dodge, kunming, monument, road, stilwell, yunnan