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Brief introduction of Chinese expeditionary force
1 9411On February 23rd, the government of the Republic of China and Britain signed the Sino-British Agreement on Joint Defence of the Burma Road in Chongqing, and the Sino-British military alliance1was established. China established the Expeditionary Force of the Republic of China to support British troops in fighting Japanese fascism in Myanmar (then British territory) and defending the southwest rear area of China. This is a model of direct military cooperation between China and its allies, and it is also the first time that Japanese troops have gone abroad to fight since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Since China's army entered Myanmar, the China-Myanmar-India War lasted for three years in March, and China invested 400,000 troops, with nearly 200,000 casualties, and achieved great victories in defending the ancient times, stopping Swazi, clearing up the yenangyaung campaign, recovering the East Branch and counterattacking North Myanmar. This war is difficult and painful. During the strategic retreat, General Dai Anlan was seriously injured and died in May 1942. At the same time, in this campaign, the whole division went abroad as a reinforcement division, with more than 65438+100000 people. When I finally returned to China, there were only more than 2,600 people, and the casualties exceeded 75%. 2015 10/October 28th, after being buried in a foreign land for more than 70 years, the bodies of 347 sacrificed Chinese expeditionary forces will return from Myanmar on1October 5th 1 10.