It began at Lashio and crossed its only international boundary at Wanting, just 120 miles into its 700-mile course to Kunming.
It began at Lashio and crossed its only international boundary at Wanting, just 120 miles into its 700-mile course to Kunming. It was linked to Assam after the Ledo Road was constructed under the command of Joseph Stillwell, but when it was first rendered inaccessible, American pilots had to fly supplies over the Himalayas to reach Yunnan. Constructed in 1938, it crossed the Salween and Irrawaddy Rivers and allowed the Allies to transport weapons to Chiang Kai-shek. FTP, identify this World War II-era road that supplied China from its namesake country.
It began at Lashio and crossed its only international boundary at Wanting, just 120 miles into its 700-mile course to Kunming.
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