Chinese Expeditionary Force

Chinese Expeditionary Force
Reunion of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Chinese Army in India (X Force and Y Force).
Active1942–1945
Disbanded1945
Country China
Branch Republic of China Army
TypeExpeditionary Force
RoleClose-quarters combat
Combined arms
Expeditionary warfare
Forward observer
Jungle warfare
Mountain warfare
Raiding
Urban warfare
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sun Li-jen
Du Yuming
Joseph Stilwell
Wei Lihuang

The Chinese Expeditionary Force (traditional Chinese: 中國遠征軍; simplified Chinese: 中国远征军) was an expeditionary unit of China's National Revolutionary Army that was dispatched to Burma and India in support of the Allied efforts against the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion and occupation of Burma in the South-East Asian theatre of the Second World War.[1][2]

  1. ^ Taylor 2009, p. 202.
  2. ^ Newell 1995, p. 16.