Indian jungle / Irrawaddy / Indonesian archipelago / Salween / /
Organization
Chinese Army / India Air Task Force / Japan’s air force / U.S. Army Center of Military History / Tenth Air Force / U.S. office of Strategic Services / Army / United States Army / Detachment / U.S. Army / Air Force / /
Person
Joseph W. Stilwell / Chiang Kai-shek / Carl Eifler / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Tom Lea / Raymond K. Wheeler / Lewis A. Pick / Winston Churchill / Claire Chennault / David W. Hogan / /
Position
Major General / personal representative / Prime Minister / President / commanding officer / Brig. Gen. / General / P. W. Stone Secretary / chief / engineer / Lt. Gen. / theater commander / leader / chief of staff / administrator / commander / air commander / administrator and planner / air commander in China / chief of Chiang’s joint Allied staff / chief of staff to Chinese leader / /
Product
commitment / /
ProvinceOrState
Quebec / Yunnan Province / Yunnan / Assam / /
PublishedMedium
the Irrawaddy / /
Region
central Burma / North Burma / Northern Burma / eastern Burma / Southeast Asia / Far East / /
1 Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge