Editing Mong-Yu (section)

=== World War II ===
During World War II, Mong-Yu was the junction of the Ledo and Burma Roads.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHMAs2qIAA8C&pg=PA125 |title=China-Burma-India Theater: Time Runs Out in CBI |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1953 |isbn=978-0-16-088231-9 |pages=206}}</ref> In January 1945, the Chinese 30th and 38th Divisions moved southeast towards Namhkam and met up at Mong-Yu. Mong-Yu was occupied by the Japanese 56th Division, but the 56th soon retreated to Mandalay. On 20 January, the 38th met up with soldiers of Y force. The captured of Mong-Yu allowed for the opening of another route to China, with the first Allied convoy from Ledo passing through Mong-Yu on 28 January.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India-Burma |url=https://history.army.mil/brochures/indiaburma/indiaburma.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103101646/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/indiaburma/indiaburma.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2008 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=history.army.mil}}</ref> The area also marked a meeting of American and Chinese forces in January 1945.<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Chinese Expeditionary Force in Mong-yu.jpeg|Chinese forces at Mong-Yu
File:Reunion of forces at Mongyu.jpg|Reunion of the [[Chinese Expeditionary Force]] and Allied armies in January 1945
File:Mong Yu junction.jpg|Junction of the Ledo and Burma road
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