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| Scenes Include: Aerial view of the winding path of the Burma Road. Shows building of the old Burma Road in 1937 by thousands of Chinese labors using sledge hammers, rock chisels, and other hand tools. Shows trucks traveling on Burma Road in late 1938. The Burma Campaign in WWII. The Japanese invaded Burma both on the ground and in the air in January 1942. Shows columns of Japanese infantry and Japanese planes bombing targets in Burma. British General Alexander was Commander of Allied Forces in Burma which consisted of a small force of British, Indian, and Burmese soldiers. Image of General Stilwell Commander of Chinese soldiers. Shows the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force nicknamed the "Flying Tigers" commanded by Claire Chennault. Flying Tiger pilots scramble to planes and take off to attack Japanese forces attacking the port City of Rangoon, Burma. Shows Japanese planes bombing Rangoon. Rangoon is captured by the Japanese. Mandalay Burma is bombed and captured by the Japanese. Animated map shows the Japanese Army now occupied Burma from Rangoon to Lashio. After the Japanese captured of Myitkyina, the Burma Road was cut and supplies to China was halted. Shows Burmese refugees fleeing to India. The last of the British troops to leave Burma destroyed and burned all equipment and supplies applying a "scorched earth policy". The remnants of General Alexander and General Stilwell armies retreated along elephant trails, through jungles, across rivers and mountains to the safety of India. Map shows the location of Burma in relation to India, China, Indo-China, and Thailand. General Stilwell's first act after retreating from Burma to India was formation of an American Command known as CBI (China-Burma-India). Shows Chinese recruits flown from China to the Ramgarh Training Center at Ramgarh, India. Scenes of the Ramgarh training camp and combat training of Chinese soldiers at the Ramgarh, India Training Center. Shows Field Marshall Archibald Wavell and General Sir Claude Auchinleck planning the raising and training of huge armies for the defense of India. Shows Indian army volunteers training to fight the Japanese. Combat training to become a soldier in the Indian Army in WWII. Shows Gurkha soldiers from Nepal. Brief scene of headhunters from the Naga tribes of India.Troops of the Burma Rifles. Chinese refugees flee the advance of the Japanese in China. Shows pack mules delivering supplies to China. The U.S. Air Transport Command undertook the task of flying supplies to China over the "Hump" or Himalayan Mountains. Animated map shows the start of the Ledo Road (name later changed to Stilwell Road). Starting at Ledo in Northern India the road was to be built through jungles, over rivers, and across mountains to connect with the Burma Road. The road was to be built through Japanese occupied Burma. In late 1942 American and Chinese Engineering started building the Ledo Road. Various scenes of the construction of the Ledo in Burma. Scenes of supplies from America and Great Britain arrive at the port of Calcutta, India, are unloaded from ships and stored waiting for completion of the Ledo Road. Shows flat-bottom boats that took some supplies up the Hugli (Hooghly) River. Shows British Major General Charles Wingate and his Special Forces, the Chindits. In complete secrecy British Major General Wingate had led Indian and British troops called Chindits, behind the Japanese lines into the heart of Burma on long range patrols to harass the enemy and disrupt communications. Shows brief scenes of the Quebec Conference. Personages: President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, Admiral Montbatten, and General Marshall and General Pick. Shows various scenes of the construction of the Lido Road. Shows Chinese troops trained in Ramgarh, India moving ahead to clear the area of Japanese troops and protect the engineers. Shows combat scenes of Chinese troops fighting the Japanese Army troops in Burma. Various scenes of the fuel pipeline laid through Burma into China. Shows battle against Malaria Fever transmitted by mosquitos. Spraying of DDT to kill mosquitos. Shows transportation of wounded and sick in Burma. Shows Colonel Gordon Seagrave and nurses treating the sick and wounded soldiers under primitive conditions. In Northern India the Chinese-American Composite Wing was organized by Claire Chennault. Shows training of Chinese pilots to fly the latest aircraft. In India General Frank Merrill was training Merrill's Marauders (volunteer jungle fighters). At an airbase in India Colonel Philip Cochrane and Colonel John Allison trained the first Air Commando Force. Shows supplies packed and loaded on planes for air drops to forward forces fighting the Japanese in Burma. Shows planes of the Allied Air Force in the newly formed Eastern Air Command strafing and bombing Japanese positions. Shows thousands of labors using primitive tools building air bases in India and China for the B-29 Superfortress. 01:23:43:19 - Allied Plan To Re-Capture Burma A map is used to explain the Allied tactics for re-capturing Burma and opening the Ledo Road connecting to the Burma Road so supplies from India could reach China by a "land bridge" to China. 01:24:40:41:27 - Arakan Campaign 1942-1943 The Arakan Campaign was the first tentative Allied attack into Burma. The British-Indian 14th Army starts it's march down the Akyab Peninsula. The British-Indian 14th moved rapidly toward the towns of Maungdaw and Buthidaung. Animated map shows flanking movement by the Japanese to seize the Ngakyedauk Pass on the main road and threatened to cut off the entire forward division of the 14th Army. RAF bombers attacked the Japanese position at the Ngakyedauk Pass. Shows the 7th Indian Division using tanks to attack the Japanese at Ngakyedauk Pass. Shows tanks firing main guns at Japanese positions. British artillery pounded the Japanese. Tanks of the the 7th Indian Division cleared the Ngakyedauk Pass relieving the 14th Army troops. The Ledo Force began a drive toward Myitkyina with Merrill's Marauders harassing the Japanese with a series of flanking movements. Shows Merrill's Marauders moving toward Myitkyina. 01:27:09:21 - Operation Thursday: March 5, 1944 The plan was to fly a detachment of American Engineers in gliders 200 hundred miles into enemy occupied territory and land them on jungle strips that they would convert into airfields. Once these airfields were prepared transport planes would fly in a force of Chindits. Shows British Major General Wingate and Colonel Philip Cochrane meeting to finalize plans. Shows tow ropes and gliders. Gliders are loaded with equipment to construct an airfield. Pilots and crews gather to hear final instructions from Colonel Cochrane. Observation plane land with news the primary landing strip was blocked by logs. The alternate landing strip "Broadway" was selected. Transports take off with each plane towing two gliders. Shows crashed gliders that littered the landing field "Broadway". Wounded were tended to and the dead were buried. The remaining engineers went to work preparing a land strip for the transport planes bringing in the Chindits. By evening the landing strip was ready to receive transport planes. Shows RAF Spitfire fighters and American P-51 fighters landing at "Broadway" deep inside Japanese occupied Burma. Japanese Zeros and Japanese troops attacked the airbase "Broadway", but were driven off after a furious battle. Major General Wingate was killed in a plane crash after leaving "Broadway" on one of his many visits. 01:33:11:04 - Battle of Imphal and Kohima Animated map of Japanese plan to re-gain initiative. In March 1944 three Japanese divisions divisions attacked Imphal and Kohima in India. Shows Allied troops being moved into the the Imphal and Kohima battle by air transport planes. An animated map shows the Japanese forces only eight miles from Imphal and Kohima cut off from all supplies. At Kohima a small garrison of British and Indian troops held Kohima Ridge overlooking the town and roadway for 13-days until British and Indian reinforcements were able to arrive. Shows furious mortar and machine gun fire. Shows transport planes dropping ammunition, food, water, and medical supplies to the troops on the "Garrison Hill" battlefield. The hill soon became known as "parachute hill". Shows tanks and reinforcements arriving. Shows captured Japanese soldiers and many bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. This battle was the turning point of the Japanese U Go Offensive into India. 01:36:11:27 - Battle of Mogaung and Myitkyina Animated map shows position of the Ledo Forces of Chinese that were approaching the important Japanese supply base of Mogaung. Merrill's Marauders was moving on Myitkyina with it's important air base. The attack on Mogaung began on June 23,1944 with a heavy artillery barrage. Tanks and Chinese Troops advance firing rifles and machine guns. A force of Chindits that had moved up from the air base "Broadway" attacked from the southwest. By the third day of fighting the Chinese and Chindits linked up. Merrill's Marauders reinforced by Chinese continue their march toward Myitkyina. Shows troops and pack mules climbing steep hills and rugged terrain and crossing rivers. The Japanese had retreated into the town and the airfield unprotected. Two code word "cafeteria lunch" were sent by radio indicating the airfield at Myitkyina was in Allied hands. Shows gliders landing bringing in engineers to repair the airbase. Engineers repairing the landing strip while the Chinese set-up a defense perimeter around the airfield. General Stilwell arrived for a conference with General Merrill. Attack on the Japanese positions in the town of Myitkyina. Myitkyina was pounded from the air and by artillery. The siege of Myitkyina lasted 78-days resulting in the death of all Japanese troops. 01:40:48:20 - Salween Offensive To link up the Ledo Road and the Burma Road the Japanese strongholds of Tengchung and Lungling had to be taken. After the Chinese-American-Kachin Allied force captured Myitkyina, Burma, Chiang Kaishek finally gave his approval for launching an offensive in Yunnan Province, China. On May 11, 1944 the Chinese Salween Offensive started. Shows Chinese troops crossing the Salween River and climbing mountain trails to the Japanese stronghold of Tengchung. The siege began with bombing by Allied planes and artillery barrage. Shows Allied bomber crashing into mountain top. CU of Chinese soldier firing 50 cal machine gun. Chinese soldiers climb ladders to enter the town of Tengchung. House to house, street by street fighting in Tengchung. Chinese soldier uses flamethrower. Chines wounded were carried back over the wrecked walls. Most Japanese soldiers were killed except for a few Japanese prisoners. Tengchung and Lungling fell. Shows an American flag and a Chinese Flag waving in the breeze. 01:44:09:25 - Japanese Operation Ichi-Go In China B-29's taking off from forward airfield in China. Shows B-29 base in China, B-29's bombing Tokyo. View of snow capped Mount Fuji in Japan. "Operation Ichigo" was a major Japanese offensive in China in April 1944 involving 17 divisions supported by 12,000 vehicles and 70,000 horses. One of the major objectives was the capture of Allied air fields in China. Shows B-29 bases in China in danger of being overrun. The facilities on these bases were torched, shows burning buildings at Allied air bases in China. Shows Chinese refugees fleeing the advance of the Japanese soldiers. Shows a train packed with Chinese refugees. Chinese refugees at a train station in China in 1944. Train leaves station, refugees riding in open railway cars. Animated map shows the Japanese Ichi-Go offensive was able to cut China in half. Shows Allied transport planes ferrying war supplies to the Chinese Army. The fuel pipeline was extended into China. Shows the construction of the Ledo Road moving at a rapid pace. Bridges constructed and roadway graded. In January 1945 General L.A. Pike, Commander of the Ledo Road construction, met Lt. General Dan I. Sultan and announced "the Lido Road is open". Shows first truck convoy leaving India on the Ledo Road, now called the Stilwell Road, to China. Various scenes of the first truck convoy traveling on the "Stilwell Road". After a 24-day journey the truck convoy from India arrives in Kunming, China. Chinese people line the street and on building tops welcoming the truck convoy of supplies. The "land bridge" to China was complete. Shot List: 01:03:35:25 - Flying Tiger pilots scramble to planes and take off to attack Japanese forces. 01:08:55:26 - Chinese recruits transported to India for combat training at Ramgarth Training Center at Ramgarh, India. 01:11:31:04 - "Air Bridge" to China, cargo planes flying the "hump" to deliver supplies to China. 01:15:33:06 - British Major General Charles Wingate and his Special Forces, the Chindits, return from a special mission into Burma. |
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