The Stilwell Road

This documentary chronicles the construction of the Stilwell Road originally called The Ledo Road 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II. The road, which was built by 63,000 workers and cost $150 million, was used by the British, Chinese, and Indian armies to transport supplies, troops, and other essentials from India to Burma in order to keep the Japanese from overrunning the entire theater. Included is footage of the construction of the road itself and of Gen. Joseph Vinegar Joe Stillwell, the American general in charge of forces in the China-Burma-India area of operations and for whom the road was named.