Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Western Claim : 108,000 (at least 30,000 Japanese soldiers dead)Chinese Claim : In Northern Burma[2] :27,666 killed42,760 wounded395 capturedIn Western Yunnan[1] : 25,102 killed, wounded, or capturedJapanese Claim : Counterattack against the Second Chinese Expeditionary Force (29 April until 5 July 1944)[5] : First phase of the 'Disrupt' operation (6 July until 5 October 1944)[6] :56th division : 2nd division : Second phase of the 'Disrupt' operation (5 October 1944 until 26 January 1945)[7] : Total : Second Sino-Japanese War Taishō period Shōwa period Asia-Pacific Mediterranean and Middle East Other campaigns Coups Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan (Chinese: 滇西緬北戰役 October 1943 – March 1945) was the name of the Chinese campaign with their allies in the 1943–45 Burma Campaign.It is one of the large-scale battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War, located in the border area between Yunnan Province, China and northern Myanmar, starting at the beginning of December 1943.At the turn of spring and summer in 1942, the Japanese army captured Burma and immediately prepared to attack west Yunnan.In order to regain control of the Burma Road, the six divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces in India and the British and Indian forces jointly launched a counterattack against the Japanese army in northern Myanmar in late October 1943, and achieved initial results.On April 17, the following year, the Chinese Expeditionary Force carried out a counter-attack plan for crossing the river.