THE BURMA ROAD ~ The Epic Story of One of WW2's Most Remarkable Endeavours

Description: The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the building and defense of the Burma Road. The Burma Road tells the extraordinary story of the China-Burma-India theater of operations during World War II. As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at the war's outset--closing all of China's seaports--more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a seven-hundred-mile overland route--which would be called the Burma Road--from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But with the fall of Burma in early 1942, the Burma Road was severed, and it became the task of the newly arrived American General Stilwell to re-open it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma as the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan. Hardcover – very good. Dust jacket – Near Fine. 1st English Edition. Not price clipped 2004 Book has 370 clean cream pages with b/w photographs, maps + index.Condition:- No Markings, Name or inscriptions. No shelf wear to book.green boards with clear gold lettering. No foxing. Leading edges:- Intact (not bumped) Tight binding. D/J - very slight creasing to head of spine. Overall:- Nice clean copy with bright text.Books will be wrapped in bubble wrap & posted in a "Padded Mailer" Book size:- 24 x 16 x 3.3 cm

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