Shanghai / Tehran / BANGKOK / Tulsa / Manila / Rangoon / BORNEO CELEBES NEW / Tokyo / Washington / D.C. / Kunming / /
Company
American Volunteer Group / Hertz / Nationalist China / R ng Sa / /
Continent
America / Asia / Europe / /
Country
Myanmar / Thailand / France / Japan / United States / United Kingdom / China / India / Burma / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / Reorganization / /
Facility
Tavoy airdrome / U.S. Army Center of Military History / port of Rangoon / Rangoon harbor / Pearl Harbor / /
Holiday
Christmas Day / /
IndustryTerm
lend-lease materiel awaiting transportation / /
MedicalCondition
irritation / /
NaturalFeature
Irrawaddy River / Sittang river / Andaman Sea / Bay of Bengal / Shan Plateau / Salween river / /
Organization
Chinese Army / Allied / War Department / Royal Air Force / U.S. Army Center of Military History / American Military Mission / British government / Army / Army in Burma / Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Chinese government / United States Army / Japanese government / U.S. Army / Chinese government / /
Person
GORDON R. SULLIVAN / Joseph W. Stilwell / Yu Feipeng / Joseph J. Twitty / Archibald P. Wavell / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek / Claire L. Chennault / Winston Churchill / Clayton R. Newell / John Magruder / /
PoliticalEvent
a primary / /
Position
Major General / Prime Minister / President / civil defense commissioner / Brig. Gen. / supreme commander / Lt. Col. / General / officer / Colonel / Chief of Staff / commander in chief in India / representative / Field Marshal / ruler / /
ProvinceOrState
Texas / /
Region
NORTH BRUNEI / Middle East / northern Burma / Far East / /
1 Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge