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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former highway extending about 1,100 km (700 mi) generally northeastward through mountainous country from northeast Burma (now Myanmar) to Kunming, China. It was a vital transportation route for wartime supplies to the Chinese government from 1938 to 1946.
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Examples
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The entire route became known as the Burma Road, but by spring 1942 the Japanese had cut that lifeline as well with four divisions occupying all but the northern tip of Burma.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The entire route became known as the Burma Road, but by spring 1942 the Japanese had cut that lifeline as well with four divisions occupying all but the northern tip of Burma.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The Burma Road was a makeshift road built in 1948 during the siege on Jerusalem to be used as an alternate route to get to Jerusalem, as the main road was blocked.
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The Burma Road is a historic site, and we ran it today.
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The Germans pulled back their main line of resistance four kilometers to the south, where it ran along the so-called "Burma Road," which led from the Neva through Sinyavino to the Wengler Block.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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Instead, an alternate road was paved to Jerusalem: The "Burma Road" saved the city from certain starvation and surrender.
unknown title 2009
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Instead, an alternate road was paved to Jerusalem: The "Burma Road" saved the city from certain starvation and surrender.
unknown title 2009
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Instead, an alternate road was paved to Jerusalem: The "Burma Road" saved the city from certain starvation and surrender.
unknown title 2009
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Instead, an alternate road was paved to Jerusalem: The "Burma Road" saved the city from certain starvation and surrender.
unknown title 2009
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Instead, an alternate road was paved to Jerusalem: The "Burma Road" saved the city from certain starvation and surrender.
unknown title 2009
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