Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese Ichigo Offensive, 1944

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dc.contributor.author	Chen Yung-Fa
dc.title	Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese Ichigo Offensive, 1944
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dc.description.abstract	During the second world war, American General Joseph Stilwell severely criticized Chiang Kai-shek’s lack of will to fight the Japanese invaders. However, such a view, though dominant in the field for more three decades, cannot stand up to a close examination of relevant archives and other primary source materials, which only recently have been made available. Recent scholarship focuses so much attention on the second Burma campaign that it largely overlooks the largest offensive ever launched by the Japanese army throughout its history. This paper examines a series of Japanese campaigns codenamed Ichigo, and will rely in large part on Chiang Kai-shek’s diaries to examine how he dealt with them. My essay is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the offensive and Chiang’s command during it, while the second describes Chiang’s handling of defensive failures.
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dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-04-02
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-12-07
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dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-126-3/SV-4-2
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-127-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-126-3
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dc.subject	Chiang Kai-shek
dc.subject	Chiang Kai-shek
dc.subject	Fang Xianjue
dc.subject	Fang Xianjue
dc.subject	Ichigo offensive
dc.subject	Ichigo offensive
dc.subject	Military reform
dc.subject	Military reform
dc.subject	The Bible
dc.subject	The Bible

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Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese Ichigo Offensive, 1944

Yung-Fa Chen Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan

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During the second world war, American General Joseph Stilwell severely criticized Chiang Kai-shek’s lack of will to fight the Japanese invaders. However, such a view, though dominant in the field for more three decades, cannot stand up to a close examination of relevant archives and other primary source materials, which only recently have been made available. Recent scholarship focuses so much attention on the second Burma campaign that it largely overlooks the largest offensive ever launched by the Japanese army throughout its history. This paper examines a series of Japanese campaigns codenamed Ichigo, and will rely in large part on Chiang Kai-shek’s diaries to examine how he dealt with them. My essay is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the offensive and Chiang’s command during it, while the second describes Chiang’s handling of defensive failures.

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Keywords: Military reform • Ichigo offensive • Fang Xianjue • Chiang Kai-shek • The Bible

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