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Siege of Myitkyina

Siege of Myitkyina was a siege conducted in 1944 in what is now Myanmar. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the South-East Asian theater of World War II, which ran from 1941 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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Fought1944
WhereMyanmar25.387N, 97.394E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsRepublic of China (1912–1949); United States; United Kingdom (air and artillery support only)againstEmpire of Japan; State of Burma
Part ofSouth-East Asian theater of World War II1941 to 1945

Where it sits in the South-East Asian theater of World War II

Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse, 1941Battle of Rabaul, 1942Arakan Campaign 1942–1943, 1942Battle of the Admin Box, 1944Siege of Myitkyina, 1944Battle of Ramree Island, 1945Battle of Hill 170, 1945Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations, 1945Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay, 1945Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, 1945Battle of the Sittang Bend, 194519411945Siege of Myitkyina, 1944
12 placed engagements of the South-East Asian theater of World War II in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1944 (year precision)
to 1944
PlaceMyanmar
25.387N, 97.394E
KindSiege, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeMyitkyina captured by the Allies
StrengthChinese Expeditionary Force; Northern Combat Area CommandGarrison from the 114th Infantry Regiment of the 18th division and a battalion of the 56th division (3,000)
Casualties and lossesWestern Claim : Chinese; 972 killed; 3,184 wounded; 188 invalid; U.S.; 272 killed; 955 wounded; 980 invalid; Chinese Claim : Chinese; 2,414 killed; 4,241 wounded; 15 missingBy mid-July : 790 killed; 1,180 wounded; 182 captured; Japanese record : 114th Infantry Regiment : 2,979 killed or died of illness; about 1,821 wounded; 107 captured
Commanders
  • Wei Lihuang
  • Joseph Stilwell
Siege of MyitkyinaSiege of MyitkyinaBattle of MogaungBattle of MogaungBaoshanTengchong100 km25.387N, 97.394E
Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Siege of Myitkyina is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 34 in present-day Myanmar.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19840798, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Myitkyina, revision 1380820366, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.