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Throughout the war Chennault was engaged in a bitter dispute with the American ground commander, General Joseph Stilwell. Chennault believed that the Fourteenth Air Force, operating out of bases in China, could attack Japanese forces in concert with Nationalist troops.
W. Stilwell got there in March 1942 as the US military representative to the Chinese government and chief of staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. China had been fighting alone since 1937. Japan held all of eastern China and the entire Chinese coastline. After Nanking fell to the invaders, Chiang By John T. Correll Chennault and Stilwell
One of the most significant conflicts to emerge during the war was between General Stilwell and General Claire Chennault, the commander of the famed "Flying Tigers" and later air force commander.
- Frank Dorn
- 1971
In March 1943, Chennault was promoted to major general and given command of the Fourteenth Air Force, which, from bases in southern China, fought a war of attrition and tactical support for Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell’s Chinese and U.S. ground forces.
Dec 21, 2020 · So I thought it would be a good time for a wrap-up, and to address the issue that has been bothering me the most: the conflict between two American generals in the theater, General Joseph Stilwell, Chiang Kai-Shek's chief of staff and China-Burma-India theater commander, and General Claire Chennault, the retired Army captain who was Chiang's ...
Dec 1, 2002 · Stilwell was forced to leave China because of his increasingly fractious relationship with Chiang, who pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to recall the general in late 1944.
One of the most significant conflicts to emerge during the war was between General Stilwell and General Claire Lee Chennault, Commander of the famed "Flying Tigers" and later air force commander. As adviser to the Chinese air forces, Chennault proposed a limited air offensive against the Japanese in China in 1943 using a series of forward air ...
