Word: distanct
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...campaign had already netted the Japanese the most solid series of benefits since they cut off the Burma Road: 1) they devastated one of the fairest, richest corners of China, the Tungting Lake area of northern Hunan, which annually fed not only hundreds of thousands of troops but far-distanct provinces; 2) they cleared the riverway, brought gunboats and launches as far as Ichang to make of that spot a jumping-off base for a Chungking drive; 3 ) they struck a punishing blow at China's economic life...
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