Joseph Stilwell - Wikipedia
Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Stilwell was made the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Nationalist Leader, Chiang Kai-shek .
Joseph W. Stilwell | World War II, China, Allied Commander
2024年10月8日 · Joseph W. Stilwell (born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Florida, U.S.—died October 12, 1946, San Francisco, California) was a World War II army officer, who headed both U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to the Japanese advance on the Far Eastern mainland.
Joseph Warren Stilwell Jr. - Wikipedia
Brigadier General Joseph Warren Stilwell Jr. (March 6, 1912 – July 25, 1966) was a United States Army general best known for his service in United States Army Special Forces and the United States Army Support Group in the Vietnam War.
General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell - Warfare History Network
General Joseph Stilwell was one of the United States’ best military commanders, yet in the course of America’s involvement in World War II he never led U.S. troops into battle. Twice he was slated to lead America’s first and last offensives, but twice circumstance and fate prevented him from fulfilling his combat destiny.
Stilwell in China: The Worst Command in the War - Defense Media Network
On Jan.1, 1942, Maj. Gen. Joseph Stilwell was thick in the planning for Operation Gymnast, the original code-name for the landings in North Africa, when he was summoned into the office of Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall. The subject: China.
Diaries of General Joseph W. Stilwell, 1900–46 - Hoover Institution
Joseph Stilwell began his diary in the early 1900s and kept it up, to a greater or lesser extent, until his death in 1946. Now those decades of diaries, including observations on his travels through China, Japan, and the Philippines before World War …
Vinegar Joe Stilwell - WAR HISTORY ONLINE
2017年12月29日 · General Joseph Stilwell, widely known as Vinegar Joe, had one of the strongest personalities of WWII. As American commander in Burma, he showed incredible insight into the challenges of war in that region. His stern attitude was at times his greatest asset; at others, it was his biggest flaw.
An American General’s Legacy in China | Smithsonian
2011年11月29日 · General Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army hero and leader of American forces in China in World War II, had a tangible impact overseas that you can visit today
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45
During the Second World War, the United States Government requested that Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell be placed in command of China's armed forces. Tuchman notes that an American's overseeing an ally's forces was an "unprecedented" arrangement.
Joseph Stilwell’s Escape from Burma During World War II - HistoryNet
2006年6月12日 · With the general collapse of the entire Allied position in late April, Stilwell found himself unable to control the movements of his troops. Chiang, from his headquarters in Chungking, persisted in issuing contradictory orders both …