Chindit Landing Strip - Broadway

Myanmar / Sagaing / Katha /
 Second World War 1939-1945  Add category
The site of the Chindit landing strip codenamed Broadway. Brigadier "Mad" Michael Calvert, commander of 77th Brigade landed on 5th March 1944 with a glider-borne force of Chindits to set up one of three landing strips at the onset of "Operation Thursday".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindits
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Coordinates:   24°43'27"N   96°42'47"E
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