Stilwell Road

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• Stilwell Road — formerly Ledo Road Former military highway, Asia. It was 478 mi (769 km) long and linked northeastern India with the Burma Road. In World War II, U.S. Army engineers and Chinese troops constructed it to link the railheads of Ledo, India, and… …   Universalium

• The Stilwell Road (film) — Infobox Film name = The Stilwell Road caption = director = producer = Office of War Information writer = narrator = Ronald Reagan starring = music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1945 runtime = 60 minutes country = USA… …   Wikipedia

• Stilwell, Joseph W. — ▪ United States general in full  Joseph Warren Stilwell  born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Florida, U.S. died October 12, 1946, San Francisco, California       World War II army officer, who headed both U.S. and Chinese Nationalist resistance to the… …   Universalium

• Stilwell, Joseph Warren — (1883 1946)    Born in Florida, Joseph Stilwell graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1904. He served two tours of duty in the Philippines and also taught at West Point before serving as an intelligence officer during World War I. He was… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• Stilwell, Joseph W(arren) — born March 19, 1883, Palatka, Fla., U.S. died Oct. 12, 1946, San Francisco, Calif. U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and served in World War I. He studied Chinese and served in Tianjin (1926–29) and as a military attaché in Beijing… …   Universalium

• road — roadless, adj. roadlessness, n. /rohd/, n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway. 2. a way or course: the road to peace. 3. a …   Universalium

• Stilwell, General Joseph — 1883–1946    Stilwell served as CHIANG Kai shek’s Chief of Staff from 1942–44 and commanded Chinese and American forces in Burma. Stilwell had a long experience of the Far East, having served as military attaché to the US Embassy at Peking from… …   Who’s Who in World War Two

• Joseph Stilwell — Infobox Military Person name= Joseph Warren Stilwell born= birth date|1883|03|19 died= death date and age|1946|10|12|1883|03|19 placeofbirth= Palatka, Florida placeofdeath= San Francisco, California placeofburial= caption=Gen. Joseph Warren… …   Wikipedia

• Ledo Road — The Ledo Road, (from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China) was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed… …   Wikipedia

• Burma Road — a road extending from Lashio, Burma, to Chungking, China: used during World War II to supply Allied military forces in China. [1935 40] * * * Former highway, South Asia. It ran 681 mi (1,096 km) from Lashio (in eastern Burma, now Myanmar)… …   Universalium

• Ledo Road —    A 1,079 mile long strategic route that started from Ledo in northeastern India and intersected the Burma Road at the Burma China border, which the Japanese cut off in 1942. It passed through what is now Kachin State. Constructed by 35,000… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)