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Battle Of China: Reel-6

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keywords: wwii, the burma road, the flying tigers, chinese guerrilla operations

Synopsis: The building of the Burma Road by Chinese men, women and children mostly using hand tools, the Flying Tigers protect Chungking, Chinese guerrillas attack Japanese troops...(read more)

Date: 1947
Duration: 00:09:30
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: China, Japan

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Battle Of China: Reel-6

Shows the mountainous trail that would become the route of the Burma Road that would connect the railroad from the seaport of Rangoon to Lashio to the truck road from Kunming to Chungking. Thousands of Chinese men, women, and children began building this supply road, the Burma Road, by hand. Shows trucks delivering supplies and goods along the Burma Road to Chungking protected by the planes of the Flying Tigers. Animated maps shows the course of the Yellow River as it flowed past Chengchow, and as the Japanese advanced on Chengchow the Chinese blew the river dikes forming a barrier blocking the Japanese advance. Chinese guerrilla bands continued to harass the Japanese.

Animated map shows pockets of guerrillas throughout the occupied areas of China. Chinese guerrillas ambush enemy patrols. Japan became bogged down in their effort to conquer China and complete phase two of the Tanaka Memorial Plan, conquest of China. While German held Russia at bay and England was fighting for it's survival Japan decided to initiate phase 3 and 4 of the Tanaka Plan, bases in South Pacific and conquer the United States. To paralyze America's power in the Pacific Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Animated map shows Chine's lost of Burma Road.