Battle of Mount Song

Battle of Mount Song/Ramou
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
Date (1944-06-04) (1944-09-07)June 4 – September 7, 1944
(3 months and 3 days)
Location
Mount Song (Chinese), Matsuyama/ Ramou (Japanese) Yunnan
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 China
 United States[1]		  Japan
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Song Xilian
Republic of China (1912–1949) Li Mi		 Yuzo Matsuyama
Strength
20,000 1,300-strong detachment from 56th division[2] (including 300 wounded soldiers).
Casualties and losses
7,763 casualties including 4,000 killed 3,000+ KIA [3]
7 captured

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.

  1. ^ "CBI Roundup - October 26, 1944 - China-Burma-India Theater of World War II".
  2. ^ Part I: Ramou and To-Etsu: Gyokusai on the Burma-Yunnan Front
  3. ^ Article about War of Resistance "全面抗战，战犯前仆后继见阎王". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-16.