Mong-Yu

Mong-yu (N23°58'23" E97°59'00"), Burma, was at the junction of the World War II-famed Ledo Road and the Burma Road.[1] It is located about 10 miles (17 kilometers) southwest of Wanting (N24°05 E98°04) in southwestern China, where the Burma Road crossed the Burma-China border.

Two teams of Chinese Expeditionary Force, one come from Yunnan and another from India, and also Allied armies reunion at Mong-yu in January 1945 during the Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan.

References
  1. China-Burma-India Theater: Time Runs Out in CBI. Government Printing Office. 1953. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-16-088231-9.

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