Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...city's commander, General Pai Chung-hsi, one of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted aides, was receiving China's pitiful best in reinforcements, arms and food. Kweilin and its strange hills, like inverted ice cream cones, began to bristle with improvised defenses: coolies dug broad trenches in the city's streets and vacant lots. The stage was set for the biggest, most fateful battle since Hankow...
...Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek addressed the nation, promised: "The coming year will not only bring us final victory, but will also witness the success of our national revolution." But he added a warning...
...such that he became world-famed as a man of good will. From his 1941 visit to blitzed Britain, where he played darts with the men in pubs, on through the invaluable support he gave Lend-Lease, through his 1942 visit to meet Stalin and Chiang Kaishek, his prestige as an American citizen rose as steadily as did the American people's interest in foreign affairs...
...barbed wire entanglements; pillboxes fashioned from torndown buildings. It had the best fed, best armed, best uniformed soldiers remaining among China's tattered legions. For commander it had bald, white-gloved General Pai Chung-hsi, one of Kwangsi Province's best, fresh from talks with Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. To aid Pai, General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell sent every ounce of U.S. small arms, mortars and ammunition that could be spared from the tonnage flown over the Hump...
Attack and Support. The Central Government could, if it chose, have ignored all recommendations. But back to the Council came President Chiang. Said he: ". . . You criticize and attack the Government, but at the same time you support and help it. ... If this spirit of sincerity and loyalty to the State is further developed, I firmly believe that China has a great future...