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My notes: 中国远征军 EP01（黄志忠 张丰毅 柯蓝） is not as good as "远征！远征！" below, in storylines, acting, and settings.
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云南段、水家族,为国而战。当年贵族子弟为国家民族
1) story lines; 2) characters; 3) sittings - all are well made!
https://youtu.be/CxLzR9aTnYc?
thrilled with playing against invaders Japs - blood burning!
A bust of Stilwell at the "Former Residence of General Stilwell" museum in Chongqing
((One of the most significant conflicts to emerge during the war was between General Stilwell and General Claire Lee Chennault, the commander of the famed "Flying Tigers" and later air force commander. )) Stilwell, old fashion, not 3D (air, land, water),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhQEXOZp7bo远征！远征！ ： 第03集 《远征，远征！》是由吴斌执导，张丰毅、沈培艺、王姬、曹操、张世会等人主演的近代革命题材电视剧。 该剧讲述了1941年随着滇越铁路被切断，日军横扫 ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5dAN8W7IYo&list=PL65RvVBZyqYKrLOGh-NlZ2LDXPvxmoAQO&index=7
1941年，半壁沉沦的中国连接外界的唯一通道滇缅公路岌岌可危！蒋介石亲自接见赋闲多年的滇军中将段仲仪，并委以盟国军事协调的重任，参与缅战筹划和指挥层协调。段家儿女纷纷走上抗日战场:长子段立国，作为修筑滇缅公路的中国专家奔赴前线，与妻子一起光荣殉国；次子段安国，史迪威的联络官，亲历了战场的残酷和决策层的纷争，毅然赴前线与普通士兵共生死；三子段振国，因对父亲的误会，放弃学业以求死之心加入“刺刀”别动队。在知晓自己是段家养子身世后,从入缅侦察，到同古阻击战，从野人山败退到固守高黎贡山，他成为抗战英雄，大反攻时为国捐躯；幼女段茵华战地记者，为远征军艰苦卓绝的战斗拍摄了大量照片，成为那场战争的忠实记录者 [3] 。
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Joseph Warren Stilwell |
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"Vinegar Joe", "Uncle Joe" |
List of United States Army four-star generals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_four-star_generals (233 four-star generals! )
At the time, including Stilwell and Eisenhower - only 4 4-star general
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Brigadier General, Regular Army: July 1, 1939 |
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Major General, Army of the United States: October 1, 1940 |
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Lieutenant General, Army of the United States: February 25, 1942 |
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Major general, Regular Army: September 1, 1943 |
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General, Army of the United States: August 1, 1944 |
Joseph Stilwell
War Hero
Joseph Warren Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe".
Distrust of his Allies and a lack of resources meant Stilwell was continually forced to improvise. He famously differed as to strategy, ground troops versus air power, with his subordinate, Claire Chennault, who had the ear of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. General George Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff, acknowledged he had given Stilwell "one of the most difficult" assignments of any theater commander.[1]
-- Not religion but rely on common sense (criminal instinct)
-- Stilwell was liberal and sympathetic by instinct. But he was conservative in thought and politics."
--- his use in his letters and diaries of a catalogue of now insulting words which she says "he used easily and seemingly without pejorative content": these included "limeys for the English, frogs for the French ("met a frog and his wife on shipboard"), huns and squareheads for Germans, wops for Italians, chinks or chinos for Chinese, googs for Filipinos, niggers or coons for Negroes",[
-- Stilwell graduated from the academy, class of 1904, ranked 32nd in a class of 124 cadets
"Stilwell was selected, over his personal objections, by President Franklin Roosevelt and his old friend, Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall. He became the Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, served as US commander in the China Burma India Theater, was responsible for all Lend-Lease supplies going to China, and was later Deputy Commander of South East Asia Command. Despite his status and position in China, he became involved in conflicts with other senior Allied officers, over the distribution of Lend-Lease materiel, Chinese political sectarianism and proposals to incorporate Chinese and US forces in the 11th Army Group (which was under British command). "
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Conflict with General Chennault[edit]
One of the most significant conflicts to emerge during the war was between General Stilwell and General Claire Lee Chennault, the 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 bases. Stilwell insisted that the idea was untenable, and that any air campaign should not begin until fully fortified air bases supported by large ground forces had first been established. Stilwell then argued that all air resources be diverted to his forces in India for an early conquest of North Burma.[27]
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Stilwell was replaced by General Albert C. Wedemeyer, who received a telegram from General Marshall on October 27, 1944 directing him to proceed to China to assume command of the China theatre and replace General Stilwell.
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Reassignment[edit]
Despite prompting by the news media, Stilwell never complained about his treatment by Washington or by Chiang. He later served as Commander of Army Ground Forces, U.S. Tenth Army commander in the last few days of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, and as U.S. Sixth Army commander after the war's conclusion.
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Stilwell, a "soldier's soldier", was nonetheless an old-school American infantry officer unable to appreciate the creative developments in warfare brought about by World War II—including strategic air power and the use of highly trained infantrymen as jungle guerrilla fighters.[91] One of these disagreements was with the equally acerbic Gen. Claire L. Chennault, who Stillwell felt over-valued the effectiveness of air power against massed ground troops — as demonstrated by the fall of the 14th Air Force bases in eastern China (Hengyang, Kweilin, etc.) during the Japanese eastern China offensive of 1944. Stilwell also clashed with other officers, including Orde Wingate, who led the Chindits, and Col. Charles Hunter, officer in charge of Merrill's Marauders. Stilwell could neither appreciate the toll constant jungle warfare took on even the most highly trained troops, nor the incapacity of lightly armed, fast-moving jungle guerrilla forces to dislodge heavily armed regular infantry supported by artillery. Accordingly, Stilwell abused both Chindits and Marauders, and earned the contempt of both units and their commanders.[92]
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Right before Stilwell's departure, New York Times drama critic-turned-war correspondent Brooks Atkinson interviewed him in Chungking and wrote:
The decision to relieve General Stilwell represents the political triumph of a moribund, anti-democratic regime that is more concerned with maintaining its political supremacy than in driving the Japanese out of China. The Chinese Communists... have good armies that they are claiming to be fighting guerrilla warfare against the Japanese in North China—actually they are covertly or even overtly building themselves up to fight Generalissimo's government forces... The Generalissimo naturally regards these armies as the chief threat to the country and his supremacy... has seen no need to make sincere attempt to arrange at least a truce with them for the duration of the war... No diplomatic genius could have overcome the Generalissimo's basic unwillingness to risk his armies in battle with the Japanese.[97]
Atkinson, who had visited Mao in Yenan, saw the Communist Chinese forces as a democratic movement (after Atkinson visited Mao, his article on his visit was titled Yenan: A Chinese Wonderland City), and the Nationalists in turn as hopelessly reactionary and corrupt; this view was shared by many of the U.S. press corps in China at the time.[98] The negative image of the Kuomintang in America played a significant factor in Harry Truman's decision to end all U.S. aid to Chiang at the height of the Chinese civil war.
就在史迪威离开之前，纽约时报戏剧评论家 - 战争记者布鲁克斯·阿特金森在重庆采访了他并写道：
解除史蒂威尔将军的决定代表了一个垂死的，反民主的政权的政治胜利，这个政权更关心的是维持其政治霸权，而不是将日本赶出中国。中国共产党人......拥有良好的军队，他们声称正在与华北地区的日本人进行游击战 - 实际上他们是暗中甚至公然建立自己，以对抗蒋委员长的政府军......蒋委员长自然将这些军队视为对国家的主要威胁和他的至高无上......在战争期间，没有必要真诚地尝试与他们安排一场休战......任何外交天才都无法克服蒋委员长基本不愿冒险的风险军队与日本人作战。[97]
在延安访问过毛泽东的阿特金森看到共产党中国军队是一个民主运动（在阿特金森访问毛泽东后，他的访问文章名为“延安：中国仙境城”），国民党反过来又无可救药地反动和腐败;当时中国许多美国记者团都赞同这种观点。[98]国民党在美国的负面形象是哈里杜鲁门决定在中国内战结束时结束美国对蒋的全部援助的一个重要因素
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Timeline
1943:
On December 21, 1943, Stilwell assumed direct control of planning for the invasion of Northern Burma, culminating with capture of the Japanese-held town of Myitkyina.
1944:
With the rapid deterioration of the China front after Japanese launched Operation Ichi-Go in 1944, Stilwell saw this as an opportunity to gain full command of all Chinese armed forces.
1944:
In April 1944, Stilwell launched his final offensive to capture the Burmese city of Myitkyina.
1944:
Stilwell was replaced by General Albert C. Wedemeyer, who received a telegram from General Marshall on October 27, 1944 directing him to proceed to China to assume command of the China theatre and replace General Stilwell.
1945:
In coordination with a southern offensive by Nationalist Chinese forces under General Wei Li-huang, Allied troops under Stilwell's command launched the long-awaited invasion of northern Burma; after heavy fighting and casualties, the two forces linked up in January 1945.
1946:
Joseph Stilwell died after surgery for stomach cancer on October 12, 1946, at the Presidio of San Francisco, while still on active duty.
- 第38集
- 段仲仪交了辞呈给蒋介石，蒋介石以为他是要以退为进，谋求更高职位的意思。但其实段仲仪的想法是他不要现在这个职务，他想真真正正带领一个部队，到前线戍边杀敌。蒋介石答应他的请求，正好卫立煌的突击兵团部队缺少一个司令官，他希望段仲仪领了职务上场杀敌。段仲仪在离开重庆前，水静杰特来为他送行，赞赏他的大义之举。中印公路正在如火如荼地为下一步战场做准备，段安国利用指挥部的方便把三兄弟的电话连到了一起，三兄弟在电话里一同期望着接下来的大反攻能够大获全胜，还约定战后一起喝酒庆祝。话一说完，几人就各自投入战斗，孙立人的前线在打仗时缺少炮弹，他立刻命令运输队和八一三工团追着战争抓紧修路以便炮弹的运输。战场火力凶猛，段立国在后方的运输队就受到攻击，他在请求指挥部的火力压制时身旁的汽车被炮弹打中压倒了他，他的双腿被困住。梅叶不顾一切向他跑去，最终谁都没能够活下来，二人在爆炸中身亡。段仲仪还在赶去与驻印军会合的路上，就这样得知了立国夫妇丧生的消息。段家又添两条人命，他立刻召集下属开会，打畹町。首次作战他就紧带着对日军的怒气，命令大军把所有炮弹都打出去，一次作战力求全胜。战后，段振国找他，还很开心地和他说战前他曾与大哥二哥通话呢。段仲仪知道振国还不知道大哥已死的消息，便强忍着没告诉他。但他把单迎秋即将临盆的消息告诉了他，振国很开心，把自己的地藏王菩萨玉佩拿出来让段仲仪交给他即将出生的孩子。段仲仪没答应，他让振国到时候亲自交给孩子。最后，他要求外加命令的语气让段振国一定要好好打仗，眼看着只有会师前的最后一战，一定要活着和大家团圆。晚间，段振国执笔给单迎秋写了一封信。信中满含对次日攻打缅北芒友的期待，还表达了对战后能一家团聚的向往。会战在即，芒友就是x部队与y部队最终会合攻打的第一战也是在缅的最后一战，段安国段立国一同上战场杀敌，而他们的老父亲就在营中静待凯旋。安国在攻击时被日军打中数枪，振国也被打中了好几枪。两兄弟一同倒下，振国埋怨他这个从来没上过前线的二哥上战场干嘛，要不然还能好好地活着。两兄弟留着最后一口气向他们的父亲报告刺刀营已经冲上701高地，只是不太理想的是全营只有他两个人了。段仲仪听着二人最后强颜欢笑的语气，尽管他不愿相信，还是不得不承认，他的三个儿子都离他而去了。段振国临死前嘱托父亲，为了不让日军俘虏他们，他请求炮火覆盖他的位置。直到他的两个儿子都没有了最后的呼吸，段仲仪才强忍着心中的难过和悲愤下令炮火覆盖。战后汇集，刺刀营只剩曹精忠一个人，他带着刺刀营的旗帜，报上刺刀营所有已故战士的姓名向段仲仪汇报，段仲仪与他互敬军礼致意。至此，经过三年多的奋战，远征军解放了缅甸全部，把日军赶出了中国。中国远征军的胜利，是中国军人第一次出国作战的胜利。这向全世界宣告了中国人民的顽强与骄傲，这在中国的历史上成为不可抹去的一段伟大的记忆。
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