| Subject: | History |
| Title: | The US China Mission in the Second World War and the Development of Air Transport System in Assam: A Study in the China Burma India (CBI) Theatre |
| Author(s): | Dr. Pranjol Protim Kakoty |
| Published on: | 30th November 2025 |
| Published by: | Lyceum India |
| Name of the Journal: | Lyceum India Journal of Social Sciences |
| ISSN/E-ISSN: | 3048-6513 |
| Volume & Issue: | Volume: 2, Issue: 6 |
| Pages: | 124-133 |
| Original DOI (if any): | 10.5281/zenodo.17744531 |
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| Abstract: | The World War II has a distinct link with the development of airways and air facilities in Assam. The initial years of the WWII witnessed great Japanese aggression and successful occupation of Rangoon and capture of Burma Road in 1942. This incident necessitated alternative supply route between British India and south west China. China was resisting against Japanese aggression during that time. US had been supporting China against Japanese aggression with loans, lend-lease aid, military advisers etc. After the Japanese occupation of Burma and subsequent blockage of war supply line to China the US applied one alternative strategy for supply war material to China crossing the high-altitude Himalayas through air lift which was famously known as the Hump Lift. This China Mission to keep the supply chain alive through Hump Lift was started from 1942 to 1945. Assam was used by the United States Air Force as an air base for supplies because it was safe and near to China. Hence the region witnessed some drastic changes in the transport network. The paper aims to study this particular issue i.e., the impact of Second World War on the development of air transport facilities in Assam. |
| Keywords: | Second World War, US China Mission, Hump Lift, Assam Airfields |
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