Locations

The book uses the names of countries and towns as they were written back in 1945. Since this time, the romanization of the Chinese language has changed. Burma (Myanmar today) and India ceased to be British colonies. The book provides the current name of locations after the first mention of the name. This page provides a simple, alphabetical reference for all the locations mentioned in the book. For completeness, all Ledo/Stilwell Road key terminals are listed as well as towns whose names were not changed.

For the Chinese language, Pinyin, adopted in 1958, is the current romanization of Chinese characters. Pinyin replaced the Wade-Giles romanization system.

For Burma, the names of some cities changed in 1989.

For India, the main changes involved the division of the country into India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

1945 Name	Current Name	Country
Akyab	Sittwe	Myanmar
Ankang	Ankang (no change)	China
Arakan	Rakhine State	Myanmar
Arang	Doesn't exist today. Location approx: 25° 55' 0" N, 97° 15' 0" E	Myanmar
Assam	Assam (state, no change)	India
Bawgyo	Bawgyo (no change)	Myanmar
Bhamo	Bhamo (no change)	Myanmar
Bishnapur	Bishnapur (no change), south of Imphal	India
Burma	Myanmar	N/A
Buthidaung	Buthidaung (no change), on Rakhine Coast	Myanmar
Calcutta	Kolkata	India
Canton (early Japanese occupation coastal town)	Guangzhou	China
Ceylon	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Changsha	Changsha (no change)	China
Charpati	Charpate	Myanmar
Cheduba Island	Munaung	Myanmar
Chefang	Zhefang	China
Chekiang	Zhejiang Province	China
Chennan (Ledo Road milestone(	Likely near Haixiayuan	China
Chihchiang	airfield only?	China
Chittagong	Chattogram	Bangladesh (was India)
Chungking	Chongqing	China
Dawhpum Yang	Dawthponeyan	Myanmar
Dehli	Dehli is the capital territory containing New Dehli	India
Deogarh	Deogarh (no change)	India
Dibrugarh (Hump fight location)	Dibrugarh (no change)	India
Dimapur	Dimapur (no change, north of Imphal)	India
Dinjan	Dinjan (no change)	India
Ela	Aye Lar	Myanmar
Foochow (early Japanese occupation coastal town)	Fuzhou	China
Formosa (also called Taiwan)	Taiwan	Taiwan, Republic of China
French Indo-China or Indo-China	Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam	N/A
Gwegyo	Gwegyo (no change)	Myanmar
Hankow	Wuhan (became with two other cities: Wuchang and Hanyang)	China
Hengyang	Hengyang (no change)	China
Hkatang Kawng	Hkatangkawng	Myanmar
Hkawnglaw River	Khao Laoyang Bridge (3.5 miles north of Shaduzup)	Myanmar
Hlegu	Hlegu (no change)	Myanmar
Homalin	Homalin (no change)	Myanmar
Hopin	Hopin (no change)	Myanmar
Hopong	Hopong (no change)	Myanmar
Howrah	Howrah (no change)	India
Hsiamen (early Japanese occupation coastal town)	Xiamen	China
Hsiang River	Xiang River (part of Yangtze)	China
Hsipaw	Hsipaw (no change)	Myanmar
Hukawng Valley	Hukawng Valley (no change)	Myanmar
Hunan Province	Hunan Province (no change)	China
Hungai	Hongyanzhen	China
Hwei Tung	Huitong	Myanmar
Ichiutien or Ichiut'ien	Likely near Shuichangxiang	China
Imphal	Imphal (no change)	India
Indaw	Indaw (no change)	Myanmar
Irrawaddy River	Irrawaddy River (no change)	Myanmar
Jāmbu Bum (mountain peak)	Jāmbu Bum (no change)	Myanmar
Kaifeng	Kaifeng (no change)	China
Kalapanzin	Mayu River about 5 miles south of Buthidaung	Myanmar
Kalaw	Kalaw (no change)	Myanmar
Kalewa	Kalewa (no change)	Myanmar
Kamaing	Kamaing (no change)	Myanmar
Kandy (Mountbatten headquarters)	Kandy (only country changed)	Sri Lanka (was India)
Kantau	Doesn't exist, location is near Chaumawng Ga	Myanmar
Kaolikung Mountains	Gaoligong Shan	China
Karachi	Karachi (only country changed)	Pakistan (was India)
Katha	Katha (no change)	myanmar
Kazu	Kazuyang	Myanmar
Kohima	Kohima (no change)	India
Kong Ko Bridge	Pingpo Bridge, Pingpozhen	China
Kumkidu	Kumkidu Ga	Myanmar
Kumon Range	Kumon Range (no change - northwest of Myitkyina)	Myanmar
Kung Lung-po	Not listed today - near Sung Shan/Songshancun	China
Kunming	Kunming (no change)	China
Kutung	Gudong, Gudongzhen	China
Kwangsi Province	Guangxi Province	China
Kweilin	Guilin	China
Kweiyang (or Kueiyang)	Guiyang	China
Kyaukse (Rangoon-Mandalay train station)	Kyaukse (no change)	Myanmar
Kyundon	Kyon Kone (likely - Kyundon mentions are scarce)	Myanmar
Laifeng Shan	Laifeng Mountain	China
Lakyen Ga	Doesn't exist today. Location approx: 26° 26' 0 N 96° 31' 0 E	Myanmar
Lameng	Lamengxiang, before crossing of Salween, Nujiang River	China
Lamung River	Lamung River (no change), crosses current Makaw town	Myanmar
Laohokow	Laohekou	China
Lashio	Lashio (no change)	Myanmar
Ledo	Ledo, in Assam (no change)	India
Lekiang	Lejiang	China
Lewe	Lewe (no change)	Myanmar
Lingling	Lingling District	China
Liuchow	Liuzhou	China
Loglai	Likely near Pansaung	Myanmar
Loikaw (place of Japanese breakthrough in 1942)	Loikaw (no change)	Myanmar
Loilem	Loilem (o change)	Myanmar
Loiwing	Leiyun	China
Loyang	Luoyang	China
Lufeng (Ledo Road Site)	Likely is Jinshanzhen, Lufeng County	China
Lungling	Longshanzhen, Longling County	China
Magwe	Magway	Myanmar
Maingkwan	Maingkwan (no change)	Myanmar
Malakawng	Malakawng (no change)	Myanmar
Mandalay	Mandalay (no change)	Myanmar
Mangshih	Fengping, Mangshi	China
Manipur State	Manipur State, Imphal is largest city	India
Manpin	Manpan or Manpang, not easily searched: 25°39'12.9"N 96°44'28.3"E	Myanmar
Mawlu	Maw Luu	Myanmar
Maymyo (Mandalay-Lashio train station)	Pyin Oo Lwin	Myanmar
Mayu Range	Mayu Taungdan	Myanmar
Meiktila	Meiktila (no change)	Myanmar
Mekong River	Mekong through Indochina region and Lancang River in China	China
Mengka	Mengga	China
Mogaung	Mogaung (no change)	Myanmar
Mogaung River	Not marked - runs through Mogaung and connects to Irrawaddy in south	Myanmar
Mole River	South of Myitkyina, crossing at Nalong/Nalone at La Jayan Bridge	Myanmar
Momnym (stop on rail from Mandalay to Myitkyina)	Mohnyin	Myanmar
Mon Tho	Man Tha	Myanmar
Mong Yu	Mong Yu (no change)	China
Muse	Muse	Myanmar
Myingyan	Myingyan (no change)	Myanmar
Myitkyina	Myitkyina (no change)	Myanmar
Myothit	Myo Thit	Myanmar
Nalong	Nalone	Myanmar
Nam Mali River	Not well marked - crosses just south of Maliyang	Myanmar
Nam Mao (Shweli) River	Shweli (Myanmar); Longjiang River or Longchuan Jiang (China)	Myanmar, China
Nam Mu River	Daying River	China
Nam Tabet River	Not well marked - crosses just south of Kazuyang or Kaxu	Myanmar
Nam Wen River	Doesn't exist on maps	Myanmar
Nambyu River	Not listed today - runs through Walawbum	Myanmar
Namhkam (or Namkham)	Namhkam (no change)	Myanmar
Namhpakka	Nam Hpat Kar	Myanmar
Nampama River	Manpan Bridge (25°39'12.5"N 96°44'29.8"E)	Myanmar
Nampan River	Not well marked - Bridge: 25°38'10.9"N 96°46'35.2"E	Myanmar
Nampaung	Shwe Nyaungpin	Myanmar
Namsang River	Nasalol River, Bridge: 25°38'10.9"N 96°46'35.2"E	Myanmar
Namti River	Crosses Nanmati, Bridge: 25°22'54.9"N 97°00'33.3"E	Myanmar
Namti, Namti Station	Nanmati, Namati Station	Myanmar
Namtu	Namtu (no change)	Myanmar
Namyung	Nan Yun	Myanmar
Namyung River	Nan Yun, Bridge is just north: 26°57'22.0"N 96°11'21.3"E	Myanmar
Nanking	Nanjing	China
Nanning	Nanning (no change)	China
Naubum	Naubum (no change)	Myanmar
Naura Hyket Pass	Not marked - between Naubum and Ritpong in Kumon Range	Myanmar
Ningam Sakan	Doesn't exist today. Location is a mile west of Ta Hket	Myanmar
Ningbyen	Ningbyen (no change)	Myanmar
Njungbum	'Njungbum (no change) - north of Ritpong	Myanmar
Nomyu	No longer exists, Location approx: 23°56'00.9"N 97°25'32.7"E	Myanmar
Nritu Ga	Nritu Ga, Danai	Myanmar
Numpyek	Nam Hpyet Yang	Myanmar
Numpyek River	Crosses south of Nam Hpyet Yang, Bridge: 26°08'20.5"N 96°43'08.1"E	Myanmar
Nyaungu	Nyaung-U	Myanmar
Pakokku	Pakokku (no change)	Myanmar
Pangsau Pass (Ledo Road milestone, border of India and Burma)	Pangsau Pass (no change)	Myanmar
Paoshan	Baoshan	China
Patkai Mountains	Pat-kai or Patkai Bum Mountains	Myanmar
Patzi Hka (Stream)	Not marked, Location approx: 26°27'56.5"N 96°24'09.2"E	Myanmar
Peiping	Beijing	China
Pescadores Islands (just west of Taiwan)	Penghu Islands	Taiwan, Republic of China
Ping Leng (Lung) or Pingleng (Ledo Road Site)	Unknown current name - about 40 miles from Chuxiong	China
Ping ka	Pingdaxiang	China
Prome	Pyay	Myanmar
Pupeng	Pupengzhen	China
Pyawbwe (Rangoon-Mandalay train station)	Pyawbwe (no change)	Myanmar
Pyinmana (Rangoon-Mandalay train station)	Pyinmana (no change)	Myanmar
Qinglong	Location of famouse 24 bends on Burma Road, 340 km east of Kunming	China
Ramgarh	Ramgarh (no change)	India
Ramree Island	Ramree Island (no change)	Myanmar
Rangoon	Yangon	Myanmar
Ritpong	Doesn't exist today. Location approx: 25° 55' 0" N, 97° 15' 0" E	Myanmar
Sackiao	Shaqiaozhen	China
Sadon	Sadung	Myanmar
Salawg-Hkayang	Doesn't exist today. Location approx: 26° 0' 0 N 97° 15' 0 E	Myanmar
Salween River	Thanlyin River (Myanmar); Nujiang River (China)	Myanmar, China
Samlan	Doesn't exist today, southwest of Hkatangkawng	Myanmar
Schwego or Schegu	Shwegu	Myanmar
Shaduzup	Shaduzup (no change)	Myanmar
Shainghai	Shainghai (no change)	China
Shantou (early Japanese occupation coastal town)	Shantou (no change)	China
Shingbwiyang	Shin Bway Yang	Myanmar
Shweli	Shweli (Myanmar); Longjiang River or Longchuan Jiang (China)	Myanmar, China
Siakwan (or Hsiakuan)	Xiaguan	China
Siangyu	Xiangyun	China
Sittang River	Sittang River (no change)	Myanmar
Sittaung	Sittaung (no change)	Myanmar
Sung Shan (Sungshan Mountain)	Songshan Mountain, Songshan Battlefield site monument	China
Ta-ho Bridge	river or town?	China
Tagap (Ga)	Doesn't exist, Just south of current Nan Yun: 26°55'60" N 96°13'0" E	Myanmar
Taihpa Ga (or Taipha Ga)	Tahipa Ga	Myanmar
Taipha Ga Airfield (some distance from town)	26°25'0 96°35'0 (see airfield bibliography website reference)	Myanmar
Talawgyi	Ta Law Gyi	Myanmar
Tamu	Tamu (no change)	Myanmar
Tanai (Town)	Danai, Nritu Ga	Myanmar
Tanai River	Tanaing River or Chindwin River	Myanmar
Taping River	Tar Pein River, Bridge at Myothit Makrai: 24°23'27.8"N 97°24'33.4"E	Myanmar
Taro	Near Chaumawng Ga: 26°20'53.0"N 96°10'47.6"E	Myanmar
Tarung River	Chindwin River	Myanmar
Taungdwingyi	Taungdwingyi (no change)	Myanmar
Taunggyi	Taunggyi (no change)	Myanmar
Tausig (or Tasik, Bridge at Mile 108 of Ledo Road)	Ta Seik	Myanmar
Tawang River	Extension of Tanaing River at Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve, bridge crosses river north of Makaw: 26°26'43.8"N 96°40'43.4"E	Myanmar
Tayakou Peak	Not listed today - near Sung Shan/Songshancun	China
Teheran	Tehran	Iran
Tengchung	Tengchong or Tengyue Town	China