Battle of Mount Song

Battle of Mount Song/Ramou
Part of the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II

Chinese Nationalist soldiers fighting near Salween River
Date (1944-06-04) (1944-09-07)June 4 – September 7, 1944
(3 months and 3 days)
Location
Mount Song (Chinese), Matsuyama/ Ramou (Japanese) Yunnan
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 China
 United States
 Japan
Commanders and leaders
Song Xilian
Li Mi
Yuzo Matsuyama
Strength
20,000 1,300-strong detachment from 56th division (including 300 wounded soldiers).
Casualties and losses
7,763 casualties including 4,000 killed Chinese Claim :
3,000+ KIA
7 captured

Japanese Claim : all but 3 of the 1,400-strong garrison killed

The Battle of Mount Song (traditional Chinese: 松山戰役; simplified Chinese: 松山战役; pinyin: Sōng Shān Zhànyì), also known as the Battle of Ramou (拉孟の戦い), in 1944 was part of a larger campaign in southwest China during the Second World War. Chinese Nationalist forces aimed to retake the Burma Road.