1942 - US Army Center Of Military History

[ INDEX ]
Changsha: 8, 12, 207, 210–11, 213
Chang-te: 152
Changting: 405
Channel Islands: 23, 57
Chantilly: 259–60
Chaouach: 104
Chaporowan Point: 181–82
Charan Kanoa: 211–12
Charleroi: 261
Charlie Hill (Okinawa): 537
Charmes: 268–70, 273
Charov: 190, 192
Charpate: 195–96, 198
Chartres: 247–52, 254
Chase, Maj. Gen. William C.: 176, 403
Chatan: 468–69
Château Brieux: 321
Château de Fontenay: 206
Château Lambert: 294, 335
Château-Salins: 270, 272, 278, 280, 283,
286–87, 321, 385
Château-Thierry: 256–57
Châteaudun: 249–50
Châtel: 273, 275, 278, 283
Châtenois: 272, 341
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO: 195. See
also Normandy Campaign, air attack
phase.
Chauk: 490
Chaumont: 271, 277, 359–61
Chauncey (Gehh) Island: 167–68
Chaungmagyi River: 426
Chauny: 260
Cheb: 516–17, 519, 521, 524, 532–33
Cheduba Island: 384
Che-fang: 342, 349
Chef-du-Pont: 206
Chekiang Province: 37, 39–41, 47
Chelm: 23 4
Chemical companies, in defense of
Bataan: 17
Chemical Weapons Battalions
2d: 257
3d: 123, 257
83d: 164, 257
88th: 348
Cheminot: 280, 284, 321
Chemnitz: 268, 496, 502, 536
Chemnitz River: 496
Chen Cheng, Gen.: 89, 93, 111, 125,
189, 333
Chenango: 66
Cheneux: 358
Cheng-hsien: 189
Cheng-to: 163, 165, I 71, 187, 189
Chenicourt: 298–99
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.: 7, 147,
251, 255, 310, 324, 342, 350, 409,
537
asks increased authority: 58
CG of Fourteenth Air Force: 97, 114–
15, 550
commands CATF: 45
commands China air forces: 547
commands China SAF: 547
on efficacy of air offensive: 187, 199,
204–05, 235, 248
plan for CATF operations: 55, 60
proposes air assault on Japan: 165
replacement forecast: 538
Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.—Continued
retirement: 549
Wallace-Chiang conference: 214, 217
Chenogne: 364–65
Cherain: 373–77
Cherbourg, drive on: 203, 205–06, 209,
212–22, 227
Cherkassy: 147, 153–54, 174
Cherkessk: 86
Chermor: 9
Chernigov: 136
Chernyakhov: 157
Cheveoumont: 373
Chianciano: 220
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo: 36, 38,
46, 116, 187, 202, 205, 218, 270, 272,
274, 279, 282, 354, 381, 384, 386,
390, 463. See also Burma; China;
China-Burma-India Theater; China
Theater; India; South East Asia Command.
approves Chinese force in India: 33
and CATF: 55
denounces Allied strategy in SEAC: 299
demands for maintaining China
Theater: 43, 48
demands for military and financial
aid: 112, 114, 118, 144, 146, 153, 155,
163, 165, 169
demands naval forces for Bay of
Bengal: 78
demands seizure of Andamans and
other areas: 155
demands Stilwell recall: 301–02, 306
directive to Stilwell: 271, 276
on division of CBI: 224–27, 230, 235,
266, 310
first conference with Stilwell: 27
gives Stilwell command of troops: 44,
155
halts offensive in Burma: 178
heads China Theater: 10
inspects Burma defenses: 32
and Kunming planning conference:
357, 362
leadership, internal threats to: 246
moves forces from Burma: 341, 344
and negotiations for use of Communist
Chinese: 132, 171, 214, 217,
343, 385
offers forces for defense of Burma: 8,
21–22, 32
and plan for Chungking and Kunming:
333, 348, 350
and plans for Kweilin-Liuchow-Canton:
403
and proposal for U.S. officer to command
Chinese forces: 222–27, 230,
235, 255, 265–66, 271, 276, 287, 296,
302, 306
proposes SOS for China: 265
protests Salween withdrawal: 276
receives OCTAGON decisions: 280, 285
rejects proposal to supply communists:
338
relation to Stilwell defined: 129
requests U.S. officer as chief of staff: 12–
14, 17
Roosevelt’s replies to demands: 59, 280,
285
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Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo—Continued
at SEXTANT Conference: 148, 150–52
and Stilwell’s request for thirty divisions:
59
and support of Burma operations: 60–
61, 63, 70, 78, 83, 90, 111, 118, 125,
128, 129, 138, 144, 146, 150–53, 155,
162–63, 169, 181, 184, 186, 189, 195,
276, 281, 322, 341, 349
U.S. political representatives to: 220,
226–27, 230, 235, 246–47, 263–66
Wallace-Chennault conference: 214, 217
and Wedemeyer: 306, 405
Chiangtso: 213, 216
Chianni: 225, 229–30
Chianti Hills: 233–34
Chiaotou: 200, 211
Chiasco River: 212
Chichagof Harbor and Pass: 106, 111–12
Chichi Jima: 211, 224, 368
Chief of Naval Operations, King
appointed: 28
Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander
(designate)
Leigh–Mallory selected to make, air
plans for OVERLORD: 114
Morgan appointed: 106
redesignated SHAEF: 163
Chieti: 207
Chifontaine: 379
Chihchiang: 405, 481, 492, 495, 507, 509,
517, 523, 536, 544
Chienti River: 215–16
Chiesa del Bando: 492
Chile, breaks with Axis nations: 86
Chin Hills: 145
China. See also Chiang Kai-shek,
Generalissimo; Burma; China-
Burma-India Theater; China Theater;
India; India–Burma Theater; South
East Asia Command; Stilwell, Lt.
Gen. Joseph W.; Wedemeyer, Lt.
Gen. Albert C.
air build–up: 98, 146–47, 149–50, 161,
165–66, 171, 173
aircraft diverted to Middle East: 42
airlift of supply to: 45, 55, 57, 60, 71,
110, 116, 147, 150, 155, 180–81,
187, 190, 200, 204–05, 235, 271,
293, 297, 329, 342, 344, 355, 540
Allied offensives in: 303, 314, 495,
509
American Mission becomes CBI: 27
base for B–29 aircraft: 146–47, 149–50,
187, 189, 202, 204–05, 304
base for bombardment of Japan: 189,
202, 204–05, 211, 349, 351, 355
casualty summaries: 238, 265
CATF established: 44–45
Chennault heads CATF: 45
China Defensive Campaign: 44–531
China Offensive Campaign: 532–51
Chinese-American Composite Wing:
123, 189
control of AVG: 7
Currie mission to: 46, 48
declares war on Axis powers: 4