The Stilwell Road

The Stilwell Road

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 26, 1945

Runtime

0h 51m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Stilwell Road

Description

Documentary - Documentary about the construction of the Stilwell Road--originally called The Ledo Road--a 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II. The road, which was built by 63,000 workers and cost $150 million, was used by the British, Chinese and Indian armies to transport supplies, troops and other essentials from India to Burma in order to keep the Japanese from overrunning the entire theater. - Ronald Reagan, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck