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Battle of Mount Song
1944 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Mount Song (traditional Chinese: 松山戰役; simplified Chinese: 松山战役; pinyin: Sōng Shān Zhànyì), also known as the Battle of Ramou (拉孟の戦い), in 1944 was part of a larger campaign in southwest China during the Second World War. Chinese Nationalist forces aimed to retake the Burma Road.
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Battle of Mount Song/Ramou | |||||||
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Part of the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||||
![]() Chinese Nationalist soldiers fighting near Salween River | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20,000 | 1,300-strong detachment from 56th division[2] (including 300 wounded soldiers). | ||||||
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7,763 casualties including 4,000 killed |
3,000+ KIA [3] 7 captured |
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