In the "Record of Frontal Battlefield Operations in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China", it is said that the Chinese troops stationed in India fought side by side to annihilate the Japanese army in Burma, which was "the first large-scale operation since the Sino-Japanese War to assist the allies in entering foreign land and winning victories."
Japan invaded Burma, and China sent troops to Burma to aid
During World War II, Japan embarked on the path of aggression and expansion.
At that time, Japan not only invaded China, but also many countries in the Asian region were also invaded by Japan, and Burma was one of them.
As a small country, Burma could not resist the aggression of the Japanese army at all, so in order to help them, China sent an expeditionary force to Burma to fight against Japan.
On December 23, 1941, China and the United Kingdom signed the Agreement on mutual defense of the Burma Road. On the 26th of the same month, China and Britain entered into a military alliance, and it was decided that China would form an expeditionary force to go to Burma to support the British army in its fight against Japan.
At that time, Japan's aggression in China encountered a bottleneck, so it extended its claws to Burma, and in order to be able to rescue Burma, China sent up to 400,000 expeditionary forces to assist Burma in resisting Japan.
The war suffered heavy casualties, and China sacrificed 100,000 soldiers
According to the "History of the Japanese Army" published by the Japan Mainichi Shimbun News Agency, the "History of the Showa of 100 Million People" records that the Japanese army invested a total of 230,800 troops in the Burmese battlefield, of which 160,400 were killed in battle, with a death rate of 69.5%, close to 70% of the total troops invested.
Therefore, the Sino-Indian-Burmese battlefield did contain and eliminate an important armed force of the Japanese army, and played an important role in the anti-fascist war in the Asia-Pacific region.
In fact, at that time, The Chinese expeditionary forces encountered many difficulties, because the road from the Chinese border to Burma was very difficult to walk, and the materials were also very scarce, so many soldiers were infected with diseases.
Coupled with the fact that the expeditionary forces were not familiar with the environment in the tropical jungles of Burma, the casualties were very heavy. The battle lasted three years, during which time China lost about 100,000 people.
These sacrificial fighters were buried elsewhere, and due to the limited conditions at that time, the Chinese martyrs who sacrificed could not be sent back to China, and could only choose to be buried in Burma.
It is precisely for this reason that in Myanmar, there are many cemeteries of Chinese expeditionary martyrs. This is to commemorate the credit they have done.
However, in the short years after the war, Burma's approach was chilling.
Burma crossed the river and demolished the bridge and razed the graves of Chinese martyrs
Today's Burma crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and in order to be able to build the Bamo City Town Hall in the city, they actually rallied the graves of these Chinese martyrs to the ground!
Such an approach is a great disrespect for those martyrs who sacrificed themselves!
When Myanmar announced this decision, it was strongly opposed by many people, and even many people in Myanmar condemned the government's approach.
However, this did not work, and the Burmese government eventually went its own way, making this move that made the Chinese people both chilled and angry.
What makes us even more indignant is that the graveyards of british and French soldiers, also in Burma, have not been damaged in any way, and even the Burmese people have specially protected them.
In addition, even the graves of Japanese soldiers who had been invaders were protected by the Burmese government.
The graves of those invaders were not demolished and protected, and Myanmar actually demolished the graves of Chinese martyrs first, and such an ungrateful act of the Burmese government really deeply hurt the hearts of Chinese people!
In this regard, the Myanmar side may be trying to make their approach sound more reasonable, and they even put forward a point of view.
In their view, the reason why China sent an expeditionary force to Burma was to unite with the Japanese army and destroy Burma together.
If China really has ambitions for Burma, why not take the opportunity to destroy them and pay such a big price to help them drive out the Japanese? This reason is really far-fetched.
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With regard to this practice in Myanmar, it has to be said that this is very shameful.
However, not only do they not reflect on their wrong practices, but they also find all kinds of reasons to try to prevaricate us, and such a bad behavior is unacceptable to every Chinese!
Their approach, completely without taking into account the consequences, in the face of such an ungrateful Myanmar, how can China be willing to help him again?
Although the martyrs' tombs of the Expeditionary Force in Burma have now been destroyed, in our hearts, they will always be heroes who defend their families and defend the country!
And we also have reason to believe that such a shameless act in Myanmar will eventually bear the consequences one day!
References: "Records of Frontal Battlefield Battles in China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression", "History of the Japanese Army" of "Showa History of 100 Million People"