During the darkest years of World War II, when Japan’s relentless advance had severed nearly all land routes into China, one daring aerial lifeline kept the flame of resistance alive: The Hump Airlift.

This illustrated, bilingual volume brings the heroic and harrowing saga of the China‑Burma‑India theater into sharp focus. More than just a military operation, the Hump was a triumph of human endurance, cross‑cultural collaboration, and sheer aviation grit.

Inside these pages, you will find:

• Rare photographs of the unforgiving Himalayan foothills, where pilots flew blind through monsoons, ice, and enemy fire.

• First‑hand accounts from the American and Chinese aircrews who risked everything on a 500‑mile “aluminum alley” – so named for the glittering wreckage of the 514 planes that never returned.

• The sobering statistics: over 1,500 aviators lost, yet more than 650,000 tons of fuel, ammunition, and medical supplies delivered to a besieged China.

The Hump Airlift is not merely a history of planes and tonnage; it is a tribute to the men who flew, the mechanics who patched, and the two nations that refused to let China fall. 

Illustrated througout with black & white photos, text in both Chinese & English.

2003, China Intercontinental Press, softcover, 131 pp., as new.