Episode 15: A Deadly Retreat from Burma

Episode 15: A Deadly Retreat from Burma

In May 1942, the rainy season in Burma just began to reveal its true color, soaking lands with nightmarish thunderstorms. In the meantime, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Force were suffering from a disastrous retreat in the jungle. Gu Luo, a soldier serving in the Fifth Army wrote in his diary: “The jungle-covered everything for miles, leaving us deadly thirsty…The soldiers are all in rags and look very gaunt. Everyone is carrying a bag of rice, a water-can, a diesel tin, and on the other hand, a walking-stick…Because we haven’t had any oil for a month, my stools are very hard and my anus has split”

Book

The Forgotten Theater of WWII of China-Burma-India: ​The Untold Story of the First Chinese Expeditionary Force

References

1. Mitter, Rana. Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II 1937-1945. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

2. Chen, C. Peter. World War II Database. Accessed on July 5, 2019. https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=18

3. Wang Yi Xin Wen. Accessed on July 2, 2019. http://3g.163.com/dy/article/E541MLMJ0525PILS.html

4. Xiao Ming Shi Hua. Sina. Accessed on July 2, 2019. http://k.sina.com.cn/article_5453296053_1450ab1b50010076gt.html

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