U.S. military designation during WWII for U.S. forces in East, Southeast, and South Asia
China Burma India Theater
Part of the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II
Insignia of the CBI Theater
Location
China, Burma, India (also Thailand, French Indochina)
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Burma campaign
Japanese invasion of Burma (1941–1942)
Bilin River
Sittang Bridge
Pegu
Taukkyan
Yunnan-Burma Road
Tachiao
Oktwin
Toungoo
Shwedaung
Prome
Yenangyaung
Burma campaign (1942–1943)
Arakan
The Hump
Chindits
Burma campaign (1943–1944)
Chindits (II)
Admin Box
U Go
Imphal
Shangshak
Tennis Court
Kohima
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Northern Burma and Western Yunnan (1943–1945)
Mount Song
Burma campaign (1944–1945)
Meiktila and Mandalay
Pakokku
Hill 170
Ramree Island
Tanlwe Chaung
Dracula
Elephant Point
Sittang Bend
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South-East Asian Theater
French Indochina
Franco-Thai War
Ko Chang
Invasion
Coup de main
August Revolution
Thailand
Invasion
Air raids
Malaya and Singapore
Invasion
1st Singapore
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
Jitra
Krohcol
Gurun
Kampar
Slim River
Gemas
Muar
Parit Sulong Massacre
Endau
2nd Singapore
Dutch East Indies
1st Borneo
Manado
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Ambon
Makassar Strait
Sumatra
Palembang
Badung Strait
Timor
USS Langley
1st Java Sea
Sunda Strait
Java
2nd Java Sea
8 June 1945
2nd Borneo
Tarakan
North Borneo
Balikpapan
Indian Ocean
27 February 1941
8 May 1941
Sydney vs Kormoran
Japanese raiders
Andaman and Nicobar
Homfreyganj massacre
Christmas Island
1st Indian Ocean
Easter Sunday Raid
Madagascar
Cocos Islands mutiny
Réunion
13 November 1943
11 January 1944
14 February 1944
2nd Indian Ocean
17 July 1944
Burma, India and China
Japanese invasion of Burma
Bilin River
Sittang Bridge
Pegu
Taukkyan
Yunnan-Burma Road
Tachiao
Oktwin
Toungoo
Shwedaung
Prome
Yenangyaung
Burma campaign (1942–1943)
Arakan
The Hump
Chindits
Burma campaign (1944)
Chindits (II)
Admin Box
U Go
Imphal
Sangshak
Tennis Court
Kohima
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Mount Song
Burma campaign (1944–1945)
Meiktila & Mandalay
Pakokku
Hill 170
Ramree Island
Tanlwe Chaung
Dracula
Elephant Point
Sittang Bend
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Second Sino-Japanese War
1931–1937 (pre-war skirmishes)
Manchuria
Mukden
Lytton Report
Jiangqiao
Nenjiang Bridge
Jinzhou
Harbin
1st Shanghai
Pacification of Manchukuo
Inner Mongolia
Great Wall
Rehe
Suiyuan
1937–1939
Marco Polo Bridge
Beiping–Tianjin
Chahar
2nd Shanghai
Sihang Warehouse
Railway Operation
Beiping–Hankou
Tianjin–Pukou
Taiyuan
Pingxingguan
Xinkou
Nanking
Massacre
Xuzhou
Taierzhuang
North-East Henan
Lanfeng
Amoy
Chongqing
Yellow River flood
Wuhan
Wanjialing
Wenxi fire
Canton
Hainan
Nanchang
Suixian–Zaoyang
Swatow
1st Changsha
South Guangxi
Kunlun Pass
Winter Offensive
West Suiyuan
Wuyuan
1940–1942
Zaoyang–Yichang
Hundred Regiments
North Vietnam
Central Hubei
South Anhui
South Henan
West Hubei
Shanggao
South Shanxi
2nd Changsha
3rd Changsha
Yunnan-Burma Road
Tachiao
Oktwin
Toungoo
Yenangyaung
Zhejiang–Jiangxi
Sichuan (cancelled)
1943–1945
West Hubei
North Burma and West Yunnan
Myitkyina
Mount Song
Changde
Ichi-Go
4th Changsha
Hengyang
Guilin–Liuzhou
West Henan–North Hubei
West Hunan
Guangxi
Air War
Taihoku
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Indian Ocean Theatre
27 February 1941
8 May 1941
Sydney and Kormoran
Japanese merchant raiders
Andaman Islands
Homfreyganj massacre
Christmas Island
1st Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Cocos Islands
Madagascar
Stab
Réunion
Goa
Monsun Gruppe
13 November 1943
11 January 1944
14 February 1944
2nd Indian Ocean
17 July 1944
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Pacific War
Central Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Marshalls–Gilberts raids
K
Doolittle Raid
Midway
Gilberts and Marshalls
Marianas and Palau
Volcano and Ryukyu
Truk
Ocean Island
Indian Ocean (1941–1945)
Japanese merchant raids
Andaman Islands
Homfreyganj massacre
Christmas Island
1st Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Bay of Bengal
2nd Indian Ocean
Southeast Asia
Indochina (1940)
Franco-Thai War
Thailand
Malaya
Hong Kong
Singapore
Indochina (1945)
Malacca Strait
Jurist
Tiderace
Zipper
Strategic bombing (1944–45)
Burma and India
Burma (1941–42)
Burma (1942–43)
Burma and India (1944)
Burma (1944–45)
Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies (1941–42)
Philippines (1941–42)
RY
Solomon Islands
Coral Sea
Timor
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Philippines (1944–45)
Borneo (1945)
North America
Ellwood
Aleutian Islands
Estevan Point Lighthouse
Fort Stevens
Lookout Air Raids
Fire balloon bombs
Project Hula
PX
Japan
Air raids
Tokyo
Yokosuka
Kure
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Mariana Islands
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands
Starvation
Naval bombardments
Sagami Bay
South Sakhalin
Kuril Islands
Shumshu
Downfall
Japanese surrender
Manchuria and Northern Korea
Kantokuen
Manchuria (1945)
Mutanchiang
Chongjin
Second Sino-Japanese War
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Military campaigns of the Empire of Japan
Meiji period
Taiwan (1874)
Ganghwa (1875)
Ryukyu (1879)
Manchuria, Korea, and Taiwan (1894–1895)
Liaodong Peninsula (1895)
China (1899–1901)
Manchuria and Korea (1904–1905)
Korea (1910)
Taishō period
Tsingtao (1914)
Siberia (1918–1922)
Shōwa period
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia (1931–1936)
China (1937–45)
French Indochina (1940)
Asia-Pacific (1941–1945)
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Campaigns of World War II
Europe
Poland
Phoney War
Finland
Winter War
Karelia
Lapland
Denmark and Norway
Western Front
1940
1944–1945
Britain
Balkans
Eastern Front
Italy
Sicily
Asia-Pacific
China
Pacific Ocean
South West Pacific
Franco-Thai War
South-East Asia
Burma and India
Japan
Manchuria and Northern Korea
pre-war border conflicts
Mediterranean and Middle East
Africa
North Africa
East Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic
Malta
Middle East
Iraq
Syria–Lebanon
Iran
Southern France
Other campaigns
Americas
Atlantic
Arctic
Strategic bombing
French West Africa
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Coups
Yugoslavia
Iraq
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
French Indochina
China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India–Burma (IBT) theaters. Operational command of Allied forces (including U.S. forces) in the CBI was officially the responsibility of the Supreme Commanders for South East Asia or China. In practice, U.S. forces were usually overseen by General Joseph Stilwell, the Deputy Allied Commander in China; the term "CBI" was significant in logistical, material and personnel matters; it was and is commonly used within the US for these theaters.
U.S. and Chinese fighting forces in the CBI included the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Flying Tigers,[1] transport and bomber units flying the Hump, including the Tenth Air Force, the 1st Air Commando Group, the engineers who built the Ledo Road, the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), popularly known as "Merrill's Marauders", and the 5332d Brigade, Provisional or 'Mars Task Force', which assumed the Marauders' mission.
^Rossi, J.R. (1998). "The Flying Tigers – American Volunteer Group – Chinese Air Force". AVG.
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