Stilwell, Joseph W.

Stilwell, Joseph W.

▪ United States general
born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Florida, U.S.
died October 12, 1946, San Francisco, California

      World War II army officer, who headed both U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to the Japanese advance on the Far Eastern mainland.

      A 1904 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, Stilwell rose to the rank of general in 1944, having served in the Philippines, with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I, and as an instructor at West Point. In addition, he studied the Chinese language and later served in Tianjin (1926–29) and as a military attaché in Beijing (1935–39).

      At the outbreak of World War II, Stilwell became General Chiang Kai-shek's chief of staff, and he was placed in command of the Chinese 5th and 6th armies in Burma (Myanmar). In 1942 he was routed by Japanese troops—superior in numbers and equipment—and arrived in India on foot with the remains of his command after an agonizing 140-mile (225-km) jungle trek. Through the war he served as commanding general of all U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India, and early in 1945 the Ledo Road, an Allied supply route linked to the Burma Road, was renamed the Stilwell Road in his honour. He was appointed commander of the U.S. 10th Army in the Pacific theatre, and in August 1945 he received the surrender of more than 100,000 Japanese troops in the Ryukyu Islands.

      After March 1946 Stilwell served as 6th Army commander in San Francisco until his death.

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