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Ledo Road
The
Ledo Road
(, , ) (from
Ledo, Assam
, India to
Kunming
,
Yunnan
, China) was built during
World War II
so that the
Western Allies
could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the
Burma Road
which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the
Stilwell Road
, after General
Joseph Stilwell
of the
U.S. Army
, in early 1945 at the suggestion of
Chiang Kai-shek
. It passes through the Burmese towns of
Shingbwiyang
,
Myitkyina
and
Bhamo
in
Kachin state
.
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