Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
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<entity_1> (<entity_8>: 滇西緬北戰役 <entity_5> – <entity_7>) was the name of the <entity_8> campaign with their allies in the 1943–45 <entity_3>. It is one of the large-scale battles of the <entity_0>, located in the border area between <entity_10> Province, China and northern <entity_9>, starting at the beginning of December 1943. At the end of <entity_7>, the <entity_8> Expeditionary Force, the British Army, and the Merrill's Marauders joined forces in Muse, Burma (<entity_9>), while the Japanese Army lost the North Burma Stronghold. The commander-in-chief of the campaign was General <entity_6> of the <entity_8> National Army, and the deputy commander of the campaign was General Joseph Stilwell of the US Army. The commander of the <entity_11> was <entity_2>, then <entity_4>, later Shinichi Tanaka and others. The Battle of Northern <entity_9> and Western <entity_10> lasted one and a half years. In order to regain control of the Burma Road, the six divisions of the <entity_8> Expeditionary Forces in India and the British and Indian forces jointly launched a counterattack against the Japanese army in northern <entity_9> in late <entity_5>, and achieved initial results.
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