Pianma

Yunnan Province

China

June 9, 2014 

At the height of the Japanese military power during World War II, the Japanese armed forces occupied large areas of China, blockaded the Chinese ports, and closed almost all of the roads.  “The Burma Road”  was the one open route. The road snaked through the mountains from India, through Burma to western China.  It was bombed by Japanese fighter planes.   Eventually, trucks ceased to transport goods to the Chinese Nationalist Army fighting the Japanese.

“The Hump” became the vital lifeline. 

Here at the “Wind and Snow Mountain Pass” I can only imagine what the American and Chinese aviators described as “Flying The Hump.”