10 Jun 1944

China
  • General Wei Lihuang's Chinese Expeditionary Force having crossed the rugged 10,000-foot Gaoligong Mountains (Postal Map: Kaolikong) captured Longling (Postal Map: Lungling), Yunnan Province, China on the Burma Road, but would soon be driven out again by a counter-attack by the Japanese 56th Division. ww2dbase [Salween Offensive | Wei Lihuang | Longling, Yunnan | AC]

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