Myitkyina
Myitkyina Myitkyina (Burmese: ) is a city, and the capital ... and Bamar peoples. Fragrant rice produced near Myitkyina, called khat cho, is considered the best in Myanmar. During World War II Myitkyina fell to the Allied forces under General ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myitkyina - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

Image:Bscript myitkyina.png
Image:Bscript myitkyina.png Image File history File links Bscript_myitkyina ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bscript_myitkyina.png - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

Burma Campaign
... to carry the offensive on through to Myitkyina and Mogaung . As the forces under NCAC ... Merrill's forces captured the airfield at Myitkyina. If the Ledo Chinese troops who had ... as the Japanese rapidly reinforced the town. Myitkyina did not fall until August 3. This ... on the Northern Fronts. The capture of Myitkyina marked the end of the initial phase ... divisions lead by Stilwell. The airfield at Myitkyina became a vital link in the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Campaign - 99k - Cached - Similar pages

Kachin Hills
... has been taken under administration in the Myitkyina and Bhamo districts was divided into 40 ... heavily attacked, and simultaneously the town of Myitkyina was raided by Kachins. A force of ... had remained unpunished since the attack on Myitkyina in December 1892. Two columns were sent up, one of 250 rifles from Myitkyina, the other of 200 rifles from Mogaung ... force of military police was stationed at Myitkyina, with several outposts in the Kachin ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_Hills - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Ledo Road
... around the towns of Kamaing , Mogaung and Myitkyina. Before the Ledo road reached Shingbwiyang Allied ... section to Shingbwiyang, more sections followed: Warazup , Myitkyina and Bhamo, 372 miles (600 km) from ... though some sections of the road beyond Myitkyina at Hukawng Valley were under repair due ... Ledo Assam 0 Shingbwiyang 103 Warazup 189 Myitkyina 268 Bhamo 372 Wanting 507 Lunfling 560 ... last recorded vehicular journey from Ledo to Myitkyina and beyond (but not to China) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledo_Road - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

Northern Combat Area Command
... job was to capture the town of Myitkyina, as a prelude to connecting the Ledo ... the task of capturing Mogaung south of Myitkyina, which was strongly held by the Japanese ... Chindits assisted in the final assault on Myitkyina before finally bein flown out to India ... without superhuman effort. After the fall of Myitkyina, only a small area of Japanese territory ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Combat_Area_Command - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

Fort Hertz
... was maintained as an outpost of the Myitkyina Battalion of the Burma Frontier Force. During ... raised their own Kachin force in a Myitkyina area in 1944 which were known as ... Sumprabum . The then continued their advance towards Myitkyina capturing Tiangup and eventually linking up with ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hertz - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Kachin State
... as Yunnan province, China. Kachin State Capital: Myitkyina Region: Northwestern Area: 89 041 km� Population ... miles. The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo. Kachin State ... British Burma civil districts of Bhamo and Myitkyina, together with the larger northern district of ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_State - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Chindits
... be ordered to join the siege of Myitkyina, Calvert shut down his radios and retreated ... months harrassing Japanese traffic from Bhamo to Myitkyina. They had then attempted to complete the encirclement of Myitkyina. Stilwell was angered that they were unable ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindits - 63k - Cached - Similar pages

Irrawaddy   (translated from French)
... the country, close to the town of Myitkyina, the Mali rivers and Nmai are linked ... cities located on Irrawaddy are inter alia: Myitkyina Mandalay Myingyan Pakokku Chauk Yenangyaung Prome Henzada ...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrawaddy - 4k - Cached (French) - Wikipedia (French) - Similar pages