Abstract
The Yunnan-Burma Highway is an important line of transportation explored for need of the war situation. This highway has not only played a positive role in the Anti-Japanese War of China and in the victory of Anti-Fascist war throughout the world, but has made significant contributions to alleviation of the economic pressure during the war, boost of local economic development in Yunnan, reinforcement of development of ethnic regions in the border area and intensification of the close relations between Yunnan and Burma as well as Southeast Asian countries.
Highlights
The Yunnan-Burma Highway is an important line of transportation explored for need of the war situation during the anti-Japanese War
With its particular strategic status, this highway guaranteed continuous military aid and supported the frontal battlefield all over the nation in terms of material. It has played a positive role in the anti-Japanese War of China and in the victory of anti-Fascist war throughout the world, so it was reputed as the “blood transfusion tube of the anti-Japanese war” and “the main artery of Far east transportation during the Second World War”
Overview of the economy in Yunnan before the war Yunnan is situated in the border area of Southwest China, with dangerous topography and multiple nationalities
Summary
The Yunnan-Burma Highway is an important line of transportation explored for need of the war situation during the anti-Japanese War. With its particular strategic status, this highway guaranteed continuous military aid and supported the frontal battlefield all over the nation in terms of material. With the throughtrain of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, Yunnan became the strategic channel for goods and materials by allied countries to support China.
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