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Year of Birth and Death: 1883.3.19 ~ 1946.10.12
Title: No. 3 Army, commander of the India-Burma theater theater Supreme Commander of the Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces Commander, 10 Army commander.
War experience: participated in World War I and World War II, 4 May 1942, Mandalay in Myanmar, the Chinese army gathered regional command east of the Japanese: October 1943-US coalition forces and command expeditionary army in Yunnan for North Burma Campaign: August 1944 troops to occupy northern city of Myitkyina Myanmar.
U.S. Army General. Born in Palatka, Florida. 1904 graduated from the U.S. Army Military Academy (West Point). Participated in the First World War. 1920 and 1923, the work went to China to help build a transition from Fenyang to the military road. 1926 to 1929 in Tianjin, China office in China U.S. battalion commander, Deputy Chief of Staff, told the Northern Expeditionary Army to inspect, evaluate high, but that will be due on the Transport of Xuzhou stop (after reality testing), while for the "guard" clenched write "Contemporary Chinese celebrities," writes Chiang Kai-shek had one, and the evaluation of good, while describing a large number of people in China suffering and hardship lower. 1935 ~ 1939, appointed military attaches, and Chiang Kai-shek began to generate contempt, he thought the situation in Japan is not offensive to fight and called the New Life Movement is stupid. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, he was appointed commander of the Burma-India theater of the U.S. Army and Chiang Kai-shek's chief of staff of the China Theater commander, commanding the Allied fight against the Japanese invasion of Burma. 1943, Supreme Allied concurrently deputy commander in Southeast Asia, in northern Burma and the Allied counter-offensive battles, fighting the Japanese invasion of Burma. Sympathy for the Communist Party of China led the anti-Japanese national liberation, and on the Chiang Kai-shek extremely unhappy, calling it "peanuts" (because of Chiang Kai-shek as the shaved head), in contradiction with the Chiang Kai-shek. Zeng Yin Chiang, such as its issue: We have six groups, along with being wiped out if nothing else, so be sure to spread out the loss of one or two groups that are still a number of groups such orders can be greatly angry Tong Shi Zhu Ru National Government for the fall in the case of Yi Jing Guilin Guilin, Guizhou, a cave west of the term storage of weapons and ammunition in eastern China still can not understand the use. He believes that only the concentration of forces to take the initiative have the potential to win, took the defense could not win. Chiang insisted then replaced Stilwell, made over the years, several times in strong demand, Marshall and others were forced to abandon protest after requests issued by the United States to hand over military control message Chiang led to conflict both extremely intensified October 19, 1944, Roosevelt issued a recall of Stilwell's command. Any of the following year in January the army ground forces commander domestic, June 10 either in the U.S. Army commander in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands in August to accept the Japanese surrender. March 1946 appointed commander of 6th Army. October 13, 1946 died. Zhou praised him as "the best fighter." Left with was later compiled into "Stilwell file."
Stilwell is the support of the Chinese people's national liberation war, he was in China's eastern strategy developed during the United States in the Pacific theater based on the strategic plan vision, sub Wǔ Stilwell developed operational plans, including all the way from India to the east, two Way to recover from Southeast Asia, south China, the deployment of attack from the direction of the Pacific, from Australia to the direction of the attack plan, and the United States Government consistent with the overall strategic concept, in addition to the direction of attack from China to Vietnam, the plan is not implemented, the other four were implemented by the United States and China , and the strategic plan is visionary. While still in the 500 over the same period Jiang Suochong 100 transport planes and won the Japanese nose. The Japanese are very contemptuous, Stilwell had a list of strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese that the Japanese have six strengths: diligence, courage and perseverance, organized, disciplined, loving the motherland and weaknesses of up to 26: arrogant, cynical, savage, cruel and inhuman, stupid, not disloyal, lying, shameless, no moral, mental disorders, hysteria and so on. However, the Chinese army soldiers very highly, as long as the appropriate person to lead the way, and the world can rival any of the armed forces, the majority of officers rating is very low (but on the commercial evaluation of earthquake and so he agreed better . he developed to help China build a modern army's plans, the first phase of training, equipment and 17 divisions, the second phase of training equipment 30 division plan, but actually entirely up to him for training, equipment, only three divisions stationed in India, and later became the new main Kuomintang army, the new six Army, another more than 10 divisions of troops formed the expeditionary force in Western Yunnan, but also by his deputy part of the training and equipment, while with the victory of the war, and Stillwell return to the second division of the plan 30 no. China's civil war, the U.S. has helped to equip more than three divisions of the Kuomintang army, but are not as good Stilwell combat training in the Indian army and weapons are not visible the key to winning. He led the North Burma campaign achieved a victory, is the top American strategist, strategist, is also a very political vision of the politicians.
Early 1942, in order to effectively coordinate combat forces, the Supreme Allied leaders agreed on a joint command of the program, which the British generals Wei Feier (Archibald Wavell) will be the Far East, "British Dutch Australian joint maritime forces" (the ABDA) members of the front of the Supreme Commander in the Far East. Chiang Kai-shek will be allies in the independent theater in the supreme commander of China to the Allies, "the current and possible future battlefield operations in China," the army, air force, the exercise of supreme command.
Chiang was in the hands of his two divisions allocated to the most elite to defend the Burma Stilwell, the result was a disaster. May 1942 fall of Burma, means that China has become an island, isolated from the outside world. Chiang and his military advisers have identified the main reason for the defeat of Myanmar is the Stilwell too arrogant, ignoring the recommendations of Chiang, which wasted at the expense of two divisions of Chiang.
Just started, when Chiang find it difficult with the arrogance of the U.S. general co-operation, he had complained Song, Song of the White House to do the work, it is proposed to replace Stilwell, Chiang has hesitation. In a June 12, 1942 telegram, Sung Chiang's indecision on the wonder, he urged Jiang to say the true feelings of the Stilwell, or, Song of the situation in Washington will be extremely difficult.
Chiang agreed to temporarily replace the idea of Stilwell aside, however, the differences between him and Stilwell did not stop there. U.S. generals and the Chinese leaders in dealing with different views on, still continue to exist, more and more strained relationship between the two, leading to two completely turn against 1944. The difference between them ideas, mainly attributed to four factors:
Third, the two strategies for the fight against the Japanese is not the same. For China, the resistance of the first task is to regain lost ground, reunification of the country, and the United States to support the main view is that the National Government in the war to hold on to contain the Japanese army. Allied only to realize that, once China to Japan to surrender, then the Japanese will be its strength from the battlefield to other parts of China, threatening the Allies.
July 1900 was admitted to West Point, became the youngest student of the year.
In October 1910 and Winifred A · Smith became husband and wife, love for life.
Summer 1916 Plattsburgh, New York, reserve officer training camps of any instructor, was promoted captain in September.
The following year in July back to the U.S. abolition of all temporary rank, again become captain.
From 1921 to 1922 by the International Relief Committee to borrow, has served as the military transition Fenyang to build Shanxi, Shaanxi, Xi'an Highway Tongguan to engineer into contact with various social situations, and made all people, to deepen the understanding of China.
In September 1925 into the Leavenworth Command and General Staff Academy.
January 1928 the 15th Infantry regiment deputy chief of staff; in May was promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
Inspected in 1936, Guangzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, Nanning, Hankou, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang and other places.
In June 1941 as 3rd Corps.
June 1942 submitted to the Chiang Kai-shek in the ** thing on the proposed reform of the system: (1) streamline and reorganize the army; (2) replace the incompetent senior officers; (3) to grant full front-line commanders.
In January 1943 for the first Burma campaign, directing operations in person at the East branch line, won the outstanding service Cross.
Quebec Conference in August 1943 decided to set up the Allied Southeast Asia theater, Stilwell appointed deputy supreme commander of the theater.
In November 1943 in the United States and Britain attended the Cairo Conference.
July 1944 Roosevelt proposed grant Stilwell command of Chiang Kai-shek of China theater full of all military forces; Chiang replied that "the principle of consent."
October 1944 Roosevelt agreed to recall Stilwell; Chongqing Stilwell left home at 21; 31, "New York Times" published an article criticizing the U.S. government recall of Stilwell, was "a passive support in China increasingly unpopular and not trusted by the people of the regime. "
In June 1945 as the 10th Army commander, participated in the Battle of Okinawa.
January 1946 was appointed commander of 6th Army and Western Defense Command is responsible for the work.
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