Historical place archive

River Salween in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Salween in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1942–1942

Historical events in River Salween

1942

20 March 1942
Defencive Line
Harold Alexander · World War, 2nd

Establishes a defensive line from Prome to Toungoo & east to the Salween River

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and River Salween. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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