Stilwell

Joseph Stilwell

Joseph Stilwell (March 19, 1883 - October 12, 1946): born in barratka, Florida, USA. He graduated from West Point in 1904, participated in the first World War, and served as a military officer of the US embassy in China. From 1926 to 1929, he served as the commander and acting chief of staff of the 15th infantry regiment in Tianjin, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. At that time, Marshall was the deputy and acting head of the regiment, and they met here. Stilwell has been to China many times and can speak Chinese. After the Pearl Harbor Incident in the Second World War, the United States took part in the war. In 1942, Stilwell was promoted to lieutenant general and was sent to China. He successively served as chief of staff of China's theater, commander in chief of US forces in China Myanmar India Theater, deputy commander of Southeast Asia allied command, and commander of Chinese forces in India. He was assigned the person in charge of us aid materials to China. Later, Stilwell was promoted to four-star general.

On September 2, 2015, Joseph Stilwell won the 70th anniversary Medal of the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japan.

Life of the characters

He was born in paratka, Florida, USA, and later settled with his family in Yanks, New York. In July 1900, he was admitted to West Point and became one of the youngest cadets of that year. In June 1904, he graduated from West Point and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant. Then he went to the Philippines to serve in the 12th infantry regiment. In February 1906, he was transferred back to West Point Military Academy as an instructor in the Department of modern languages. In October 1910, he married Winifred A. Smith and fell in love for life. In January 1911, he served in the 12th infantry regiment of the Philippines again and was promoted to lieutenant in March. In November 1911, he came to China for the first time and visited Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Wuzhou and Hong Kong. In September 1913, he returned to teach at West Point. in the summer of 1916, he served as an instructor in the reserve officer training camp in plattsburg, New York; in September, he was promoted to captain. In August 1917, he was promoted to temporary major as adjutant to brigade commander in the 80th division of Liying, Virginia. in January 1918, he went to France to participate in the first World War. He served as intelligence officer in the general command of the American Expeditionary Force and the Fourth Army. He was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel and Colonel successively, and was awarded the medal of excellent service. When he returned to the United States in July the following year, all his temporary ranks were cancelled and he became a captain again. In August 1919, he was appointed as the first language officer to study Chinese at the University of California, Berkeley. In August 1920, he came to China for the second time and officially took up the post of language officer in China. He continued to study Chinese in Peking Union Medical College. From 1921 to 1922, he was borrowed by the International Committee for disaster relief and served as the chief engineer for the construction of the roads from Fenyang to Jundu in Shanxi Province and Tongguan to Xi'an in Shaanxi Province. He contacted various social situations, made friends with people from all walks of life and deepened his understanding of China. From 1922 to June 1923, as a staff member of the US military attache office in China, he inspected and toured Northeast China, Outer Mongolia, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Siberia, Korea and Japan. In July 1923, he went back to the United States to study in Fort Benning Infantry School; in 1924, he graduated as assistant executive officer of general wells, the president; in September 1925, he entered livingsworth command and staff college for further study. In September 1926, he came to China for the third time and became the commander of the 15th infantry regiment of the US Army in Tianjin. In May 1927, he was sent by the U.S. Embassy in China to investigate military intelligence in Xuzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places, and his later report was praised. In January 1928, he acted as chief of staff of the 15th infantry regiment and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in May. In June 1929, he returned to the United States as head of the tactical Department of the Fort Benning Infantry School, where he was nicknamed "jealous Joe" (also known as "sharp Joe"). In July 1935, he came to China for the fourth time and served as a military officer of the United States in Peking. He was promoted to a colonel. In 1936, he visited Guangzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, Nanning, Hankou, Xuzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang. In July 1937, China's war of resistance against Japan broke out. An intelligence group was organized to report the progress of the war to the United States in time. It moved to Hankou at the end of the year. The next year, it inspected the war in Lanzhou, Taierzhuang, Changsha, Chongqing and other places. In August 1939, he returned to the United States and became the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. In July 1940, he served as division commander of the 7th Division and commander of Aode barracks in Monterey; in September, he was promoted to major general. In June 1941, he became the commander of the third army. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, he was transferred to Washington, D.C., to formulate the operational plan of the "sportsman" landing in North Africa, and was ready to serve as the commander of the U.S. expeditionary force. in March 1942, he came to China for the fifth time and served as chief of staff of the Chinese Theater of the Allied forces and commander of the US military in the China Myanmar India Theater. He was promoted to lieutenant general in February. Then he went to Myanmar to command the Chinese expeditionary army. In May, the Myanmar campaign was defeated and more than 110 people walked out of the jungle of northern Myanmar. In June 1942, he submitted to Chiang Kai Shek suggestions on the reform of China's military system: (1) streamlining and reorganizing the troops; (2) replacing incompetent senior officers; (3) granting full powers to the front-line commanders. In July 1942, he submitted to Chiang Kai Shek the battle plan to recover Myanmar. Chiang Kai Shek, taking advantage of the opportunity of American president's personal representative, Laughlin curry, to come to China, asked for the replacement of Stilwell for the first time, but failed. In August 1942, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army in India, trained and equipped the Chinese army in ramgal, India. in January 1943, he was awarded the Cross Medal for outstanding service because he personally went to the front line of Dongzhi to command the battle in the first Myanmar campaign. In March 1943, Kunming training center was set up in Yunnan Province, and the training officially started on April 1. The plan of reorganizing and equipping 30 Chinese Army divisions was implemented. In May 1943, he attended the trident conference in Washington. In August 1943, Quebec conference decided to establish the Allied Southeast Asia theater. Stilwell was appointed as the deputy commander of the theater. In September 1943, he proposed to Stilwell to use the 18th group army of the Communist Party and other forces to attack the flank of the Japanese army in northern China, and to provide sufficient supplies for the northwest army. In October 1943, Chiang Kai Shek proposed to replace Stilwell for the second time, but it failed. in November 1943, he attended the Cairo meeting of China, the United States and Britain. In December 1943, he commanded the Chinese troops stationed in India to launch a counter offensive against northern Myanmar. In August 1944, occupied Myitkyina, won the basic victory of the campaign, and gave the Japanese elite eighteenth division a devastating blow. in January 1944, he agreed with the report of political adviser Davis on sending the US military observation team to Yan'an; between July and August, the US military observation team arrived in Yan'an in two batches. In July 1944, Roosevelt suggested that Chiang Kai Shek grant Stilwell full power to command all the troops in China's war zone; Chiang Kai Shek replied by telegram to "agree in principle". In August 1944, he was promoted to four-star general. In September 1944, Chiang Kai Shek asked the president of the United States to recall Stilwell for the third time. In October 1944, Roosevelt agreed to recall Stilwell; Stilwell left Chongqing on the 21st and returned to China; on the 31st, the New York Times published an article criticizing the US government for recalling Stilwell, which is "passively supporting a regime that is increasingly unpopular and distrusted by the people in China". In January 1945, he was appointed commander of the US army ground forces. He was named "Stillwell highway" by India, Lido, Myitkyina and Yunnan, China. In February 1945, he was awarded the Legion of honor and the oak leaf medal. In June 1945, he served as commander of the 10th group army and participated in the Okinawa campaign. In September 1945, he attended the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender on the battleship Missouri and presided over the surrender ceremony of Ryukyu Island. Before returning home, he asked Marshall to visit his old friends in Peiping, but Chiang Kai Shek refused. In October 1945, he served as chairman of the Quartermaster Equipment Committee. In January 1946, he was appointed commander of the sixth group army and was responsible for the work of the Western defense command. on October 12, 1946, he died of gastric cancer and metastasis to the liver at Letterman army hospital in San Francisco. He was 63 years old.

The story of Anti Japanese War

Take orders

Stilwell was sent to Asia as a senior representative of the United States in the CBI (China Myanmar India war zone). He undertook many almost impossible missions, any of which required the patience and ability of a saint. He wants to supervise the distribution of goods to China under the lease act. As the chief of staff of China's theater of operations (the supreme commander has neither a joint staff headquarters in Chongqing nor a joint force fighting in China), he tried to train the Chinese army and send it to the battlefield. Stilwell graduated from the infantry division of West Point Military Academy in 1904. He served as the language instructor of the US Army in China, a battalion commander of the 15th infantry regiment of the US Army in Tianjin, and a military officer of the US embassy in China. However, he had never had actual combat experience or received higher command education. Most of his military career in the past was sitting in an office. When he was appointed, he served as a major general and division commander for a short time. Because he was the chief of staff of the joint forces, it was better to be a lieutenant general, so he was promoted as a special lieutenant general. In March 1942, when Stilwell paid his first visit to Chiang Kai Shek in Chongqing, he reported that he had six missions during his visit, namely, the commander of the US forces in China, India and Myanmar, the commander of the management of leased materials to China, the representative of the US government at the Chongqing military conference, the liaison between the Chinese theater and the South Pacific theater, the Yunnan Myanmar highway supervisor, and the commander of the US aviation force in India and Myanmar. through

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