Charts
No. Page 1. Stilwell in the CBI Chain of Command: December 1943–June 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 2. Organization of U.S. Forces, China, Burma and India: November 1943–April 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 3. Chih Hui Pu................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 4. Japanese Organization and Dispositions: November 1943................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 5. Tonnage Shipped From India to China by Air: 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112 6. Schematic Order of Battle of the Chinese Expeditionary Force................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................333 7. Tonnage Forwarded by USAF SOS CBI Advance Section to North Burma; January 1944–May 1945................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................390 8. Organization of the China Expeditionary Army: 15 September 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................406
Tables
1. Tonnages Shipped to Burma Over Burma-Siam Railway: November 1943–August 1945................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94 2. Average Daily Traffic at Terminals of Principal Branch Lines of Japanese-Operated Railways in Burma: January 1943–August 1945................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96 3. Tonnage Delivered to Northern Combat Area Command by Air: April 1943–March 1945................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105 4. Strength of U.S. Army Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater: January–September 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................258 5. Fourteenth Air Force Aircraft Inventory by Type of Aircraft: March 1943–December 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................370
Maps
1. India-China Communications System, October 1943–October 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 2. The Battleground................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 3. Albacore Plan, 8 August 1943................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 4. Entering the Hukawng Valley, October 1943................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44 5. Disposition of Forces, 1 December 1943................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120 6. Operations in Northern Hukawng Valley, January 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132 7. Advance to Walawbum, 23 February–4 March 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144 8. Fight at Walawbum, 4–8 March 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................151 9. Japanese Attack on Arakan Front, 4–7 February 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................166 10. Japanese Offensive on Imphal Front, March–April 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................173 11. Inkangahtawng, 12–23 March 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................179 12. Shaduzup and Nhpum Ga, 24–29 March 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184 13. Mogaung Valley, 1 April–27 May 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207 14. Mogaung Valley, 28 May–26 June 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................217 15. Advance to Myitkyina, 28 April–17 May 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224 16. Myitkyina, 18 May–End of July 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................231 17. Situation in China, 15 March 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................307 18. ICHIGO Plan................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................317 19. The Salween Campaign, 11 May–30 June 1944................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................330
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