On December 23, 1941, China and Britain signed the Agreement on the Mutual Defense of the Yunnan-Burma Road. On the 26th, China and Britain entered into a military alliance and decided that China would organize an expeditionary force to go to Burma to support the British army in the war against Japan.
In March 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Burma and launched the Yunnan-Burma Road Campaign to fight the Japanese invaders, and most of them retreated to Yunnan after defeat. In April 1943, the headquarters of the Commander of the Expeditionary Force was rebuilt, later known as the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force, and a part was withdrawn to India, called the Chinese Army in India. From October 1943 to March 1945, the Chinese Army in India and the Chinese Expeditionary Force recovered more than 50 large and small towns in northern Myanmar and western Yunnan, and recovered 8 lost territories in western Yunnan30,000 square kilometers, a total of 4More than 90,000 people. The squadron also paid a lot of sacrifices, with about 6 officers and soldiers70,000 people.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force is a model of direct military cooperation between China and its allies, and it is also the first time that the squadron has fought abroad since the First Sino-Japanese War, but the 100,000 Chinese Expeditionary Force also paid a heavy price.
My grandfather participated in the Burma operation as a car soldier under Commander Du Yuming of the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the small hammer, a car repair tool that he carried at any time, has also become a souvenir for future generations to remember the martyrs.