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Macclan5 -> RE: Burma Road overland supply (8/21/2019 7:29:38 PM)

Holy resurrection !

This thread was one of my first gems as a new player.

The only caveat I will add to all the excellent advice (BB Hans et al) is:

Expectations of Burma road supply to China should be tempered with patience

i) Every little bit helps - don't stop pumping in supply
ii) The demand pull takes time i.e. note Monsoon season above
iii) It is 'war transformational' - just not 'immediately' as soon as you recapture the open path



RangerJoe -> RE: Burma Road overland supply (8/21/2019 10:12:59 PM)

Like all good things, it takes time.



BBfanboy -> RE: Burma Road overland supply (8/21/2019 10:28:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Yaab

Just a minor question.

I reckon, prior to the fall of Rangoon in 1942, the Chinese were getting Allied supplies via the Burma Road, and send them raw materials like tung oil and tugnsten ore in exchange. They exported this stuff using the Burma Road as well. Yet, with the Rangoon port occupied by Japs, did the Chinese stop exporting the raw materials altogehter? Were Allied trucks, running supplies to China in the period of 1942-1945, coming back empty on the return leg on the Burma Road journey?


In preparation for the decisive battles at Imphal and Kohima the British/Indian army bulldozed new roads to ensure they could get supply forward. I believe as the Japanese retired after their defeat the roads were extended toward Myitkynya which was a rail hub. The roads were quite poor- not enough time, labour or gravel to develop them much but they would have allowed a bit of supply to flow to the actual Burma Road.

IIRC it took several months after the battles of Imphal/Kohima to clear the Japanese out of Burma and take Rangoon.



rustysi -> RE: Burma Road overland supply (8/21/2019 10:34:38 PM)

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Were Allied trucks, running supplies to China in the period of 1942-1945, coming back empty on the return leg on the Burma Road journey?


No, Rangoon was the terminus of the Burma Road. Nothing (well almost) went to China by ground until the Ledo Road was later opened. There was one attempt to find a ground route through Tibet, but it was ruled a failure. That's the 'almost' referred to earlier.



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