1942 - US Army Center Of Military History

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China—Continued
Drum proposed for field command:
11, 13–14, 17
enemy blockade broken: 385
enemy offensives: 4–10, 35, 37, 39–
41, 47, 371, 375, 381, 384, 387,
391, 396, 447, 481, 492, 495, 507,
509
enemy reinforcements: 255, 266
enemy threats to air bases in: 187,
198–99 202, 204–05, 248–49,
259, 266, 276, 282, 313, 324, 329,
375, 387, 396, 405, 409, 4479 453,
495, 507, 509, 5179 520, 523
government reorganized: 344
high tide of Japanese invasion: 349
Joint Military Council formed: 10
land supply route to: 161, 168, 195,
255, 271, 291, 293, 304, 372, 375,
379, 382, 385–86, 392. See also
Burma Road; Ledo Road.
lend–lease to: 6, 123, 162, 235
and Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference:
143
movement of forces to and from
Burma: 9, 21–22, 32, 163, 435, 438,
441, 537, 539
National Military Advisory Council conference:
146, 246
negotiations for use of Chinese Communists.
See Chinese Communist
forces.
operations in: 97, 105, 111, 113, 152,
155–56, 187, 189, 198, 200, 202,
204, 207–08, 210–14, 216, 218–
20, 223, 225–29, 235–38, 241–43,
245–47, 251, 253–559 259, 264–66,
272, 279, 286, 302–03, 306, 313–
14, 318–19, 322–24, 329, 332, 336,
339, 342–44, 348–50, 369, 371,
375–76, 379, 381, 383–85, 387,
391–92, 396, 399, 403, 405, 409,
447, 453, 481, 484, 488, 492, 495,
507, 509, 517, 520, 523, 525, 527,
529, 532, 536–39, 541, 544–45,
547–51
pipeline supply through Burma: 95,
220, 293
plans for recovery of ports: 204, 403,
517, 536, 544
recovery of Burma necessary to: 46–
48
request for U.S. officer as chief of
staff: 11–14, 17
Stilwell’s role in. See also Stilwell, Lt.
Gen. Joseph W.
attempts to have recalled: 134–35,
220, 296, 301–02, 306
blamed for losses: 299
named chief of staff: 21
proposal for Chinese force in India:
33
as supply base for Pacific: 190, 200, 204–
05, 242, 517, 536, 540
supply situation: 488, 517, 520
threats to Chiang’s leadership: 246
and Tulsa incident: 9
U.S. forces in: 20–21, 27, 163, 435, 438,
441, 537
China—Continued
U.S. officer proposed as commander of
Chinese forces in: 11, 13–14, 222–27,
230, 235, 255, 265–66, 271, 276, 287,
296, 302, 306
U.S. political representatives in: 220,
226–27, 230, 235, 246–47, 263–66
U.S. Task Force in: 20–21, 27
Wallace-Chiang-Chennault conference:
214, 217
War Department, mission to: 160, 171
war theater, demands for maintaining:
43, 48, 59. See also Chiang Kai-shek,
Generalissimo.
Y-Force. See Yunnan Force.
China-Burma-India Theater. See also
Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo;
China; China Theater; Chinese
Army; India-Burma Theater; South
East Asia Command; Stilwell,
Lt. Gen. Joseph W.; Sultan, Lt.
Gen. Daniel I.; Wedemeyer, Lt.
Gen. Albert C.; Wheeler, Lt. Gen.
Raymond A.
activated: 20–21, 27
air actions in: 44, 55, 147, 155, 216,
219–20, 223, 228, 238, 241
air build–up: 98, 146–47, 149–50, 161,
165–66, 171, 173
air organization: 30, 44–45, 55, 71, 165
aircraft diverted to Middle East: 42
airlift supply to China. See China, airlift
of supply to.
Allied planning conferences: 8, 26, 143,
146, 177, 185, 214, 217, 246
Assam–Burma–China Ferry Command
activated: 29
assignments to, directive on: 42
Burma
defense made secondary to India: 35
operations in. See Burma, fall of;
Burma, recovery of.
plans for recovery: 60–61, 63, 70,
73, 87–88, 90–91
Stilwell heads Allied forces in: 155,
297
Calcutta base section: 53, 56
casualty summaries: 165, 186, 212, 231,
242, 238, 242
CCS accepts TRIDENT plans: 111
and Chennault: 45, 58
Chiang inspects Burma defenses: 32
China Defensive Campaign: 44–310
Chinese forces in support of: 209, 235,
241, 251, 255, 279, 362
Chungking command conference: 8
command structure defined: 44
control of Calcutta–Assam LOC: 166–
67, 171
division into two theaters: 222–27, 230,
235, 266, 310
enemy air and naval actions: 152–53,
156
enemy air offensive: 8, 16, 18
enemy ground offensives. See Burma;
China; India.
excluded from SEAC: 129
first U.S. troops arrive: 29
China-Burma-India Theater—Continued
guerrilla operations: 91, 93, 96–97, 111,
183, 193
hq established at Chungking: 27
India
Allied withdrawal into: 36
Chinese forces in: 33, 163
enemy drive on: 156
headquarters moved to: 38
Stilwell heads Chinese in: 155
India Air Task Force: 57, 60, 71
India-Burma Campaign: 31–310
India-China Ferry Command: 45
India-China Wing, ATC: 71
land supply route to China: 161, 168,
195, 255, 291, 293, 304 See also Burma
Road; Ledo Road; Stilwell Road.
Ledo and Imphal roads to connect with
Burma: 11, 14
Long Range Penetration Groups: 146,
186, 200, 209, 214, 221, 223, 226,
237
mission to War Department: 160, 171
offensive against enemy shipping:
115–16, 132, 165
operations in China. See China,
operations in.
pipeline supply of China through: 95,
220, 293
planning conferences: 8, 143, 146,
177, 185, 214, 217, 246
plans for recovery of Myitkyina: 185–86
preparation for reception of B–29’s:
146–47, 149
Slim heads Imperial forces in: 29
SOS: 265
advance sections: 41
and Assam airfield: 109, 112
base sections: 39, 42, 53, 56
Covell commands: 146
directive on: 26
first troops arrive: 38
and Ledo Road: 93
Wheeler commands: 26, 64, 70
Y-FOS: 190
Stevenson heads Allied air: 11
Stilwell
attempts to have recalled: 134–35,
220, 296, 301–02, 306
conference by: 26
as head of CBI: 25, 27, 44. See also
Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.
proposed as head of Chinese in India:
33
Stilwell-Mountbatten conferences: 177,
185
supply situation: 27, 172, 184, 186,
190, 197, 199–200, 207, 214
TRIDENT plans accepted by CCS: 111
U.S. forces redesignated CBI: 20–21,
27
U.S. troops for Bengal-Assam RR:
145
Wallace-Chiang-Chennault conferences:
214, 217
Y-Force in defense of. See Yunnan
Force.