Myitkyina History

Myitkyina (Burmese: မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့; MLCTS: mrac kri: na: mrui., pronounced [mjɪʔtɕíná]; (Eng; mitchinar) Jinghpaw: Myitkyina, [mjìtkjí̠ná]) is the capital...

intended to make a rapid march against Myitkyina, prophesying it to be a "feat which will live in military history". He wanted to take the town for the...

Marauders February – May 1944, Third Mission: Myitkyina (1990)". United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009...

Myitkyina Airport is a public airport in Myitkyina, Myanmar (IATA: MYT, ICAO: VYMK). Built before World War II as Myitkyina Airfield, the airfield was...

Mandalay–Myitkyina Railway (Burmese: မန္တလေ-မြစ်ကြီးနား ရထားလမ်း) is a railway line in Myanmar and is operated by Myanma Railways. Established shortly...

The Myitkyina Manau is a Manaw which takes place semi-annually in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, and is one of the largest Manau in the world. It is...

Chiang Kai-shek. It passes through the Burmese towns of Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state. Of the 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) long road...

Kachin State is 89,041 km2 (34,379 sq mi). The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo, Mohnyin and Putao. Kachin State...

Air Force base in Myitkyina, Myanmar (Burma). Formerly known as Myikyina West, it is located several miles to the west of Myitkyina. It is in current...

on a rail line from Sagaing to Myitkyina connecting Mandalay to Shwebo (1891), Wuntho (1893), Katha (1895) and Myitkyina (1898). This railway created a...

northern-central Myanmar. The village has a railway station on the Mandalay–Myitkyina line. During the Burma campaign it was the site of a three-week-long battle...

Myitkyina station (Burmese: မြစ်ကြီးနားဘူတာ) is a railway station located in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. This station was opened in 1898 as the terminus...

to the 5307th Composite Unit, they helped seize the Myitkyina airfield during the Siege of Myitkyina. Seventy-one members of the 209th were killed in action...

base at Myitkyina, the Marauders suffered 272 killed, 955 wounded, and 980 evacuated for illness and disease. By the time the town of Myitkyina was taken...

States Army Center of Military History, Merrill's Marauders February–May 1944, Third Mission: Myitkyina (1990) http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/marau...

campaign called Operation Thursday which later amalgamated with the Siege of Myitkyina by Chinese and US forces led by Joseph Stilwell who was in overall command...

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that had invaded northern Burma in late 1943 besieged Japanese troops in Myitkyina. The second Japanese invasion of China aimed to destroy China's main fighting...

The Chinese government has proposed to Myanmar to connect the existing Myitkyina railhead in North Myanmar on China–Myanmar border to west to Zubza/Dimapur...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina (Lat: Dioecesis Myitkyinaensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma. Erected...