Battle of Mount Song

Battle of Mount Song/Ramou
	Part of the Burma Campaign of World War II
	; Chinese Nationalist soldiers fighting near Salween River
Date	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	3,000+ KIA ; 7 captured

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.

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