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Joseph Stilwell’s Escape from Burma During World War IIWorld War II | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
When Stilwell arrived in New Delhi on May 24, he was greeted by a crowd of news correspondents anxious for comment on his ordeal and for his view of the military disaster. Later that evening, the general held a press conference at which he described the campaign in Burma. Subscribe Today
‘I claim we got a hell of a beating,’ he snapped. ‘We got run out of Burma, and it is humiliating as hell. I think we ought to find out what caused it, go back and retake it.’ This article was written by Marc D. Bernstein and originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of World War II.
Marc D. Bernstein is the author of Hurricane at Biak: MacArthur Against the Japanese, May-August 1944. For further reading, see Walkout with Stilwell in Burma, by Frank Dorn.
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2 Comments to “Joseph Stilwell’s Escape from Burma During World War II”
thant 4 make me understand more history
By ada on Jan 8, 2009 at 12:35 pm