Ledo Road
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The Ledo Road was an overland connection between British India and China, built during World War II to enable the Western Allies to deliver supplies to China and aid the war effort against Japan. Afte
Burma Road and Ledo Road in 1944
Allied lines of communication in Southeast Asia (1942–43). The Ledo Road is shown at far right.
There was a sign at the start of the Ledo Road listing the distance in miles (pictured American GIs at the sign circa 1945): Ledo Assam0 Shingbwiyang103 Warazup189 Myitkyina268 Bhamo372 Wanting507 Lungling560 Paoshan652 Yungping755 Yunnanyi [zh]876 Tsuyung959 Kunming1079
"U.S.-built Army trucks wind along the side of the mountain over the Ledo supply road now open from India into Burma..."
The Hump
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The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the
Ledo Road
…Road was finished, the majority of supplies to the Chinese had to be delivered via airlift over the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains known as the Hump. After the war, the road fell into disuse. In 2010, the BBC reported "much of the road has been swallowed up by jungle…
C-47 Skytrain
Meili Snow Mountains, prominent landmark on the high Hump
Chabua Airfield. The white line at the top is the Brahmaputra River.