A report on Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek and Joseph Stilwell

Chiang in 1943
A street scene in Chongqing, c. 1944
Chiang Kai-shek in 1907
then-Lt. Col. Stilwell as Assistant Chief of Staff, IV Army Corps, October 1918 in France.
A sunset view of Jiefangbei CBD and Hongya Cave, taken in 2017
Sun Yat-sen and Chiang at the 1924 opening ceremonies for the Soviet-funded Whampoa Military Academy
Gen. Frank Merrill (left) with Stilwell in Burma
Map including Chongqing (labeled as 重慶 CH'UNG-CH'ING (CHUNGKING)) (AMS, 1954)
Chiang in the early 1920s
Stilwell marches out of Burma, May 1942
Topography of Chongqing
Chiang (right) together with Wang Jingwei (left), 1926
Stilwell with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
Qutang Gorge on the Yangtze River
Chiang and Feng Yuxiang in 1928
Stilwell awarding medals at Myitkyina, 1944
In the spring and fall, downtown Chongqing is often enshrouded in fog.
Chiang during a visit to an air force base in 1945
A bust of Stilwell at the "Former Residence of General Stilwell" Museum in Chongqing
The Great Hall of the People serves as the venue for major political conferences in Chongqing
Chiang and Soong on the cover of Time magazine, 26 October 1931
Jiefangbei CBD, Yuzhong Peninsula of Chongqing at night
Nationalist government of Nanking – nominally ruling over entire China in 1930s
Jiefangbei (People's Liberation Monument), the landmark and center of Chongqing
After the breakout of the Second Sino-Japanese War, The Young Companion featured Chiang on its cover.
Chongqing products treemap, 2020
Chiang with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt, November 1943
Entrance to the Chongqing Nankai Secondary School
Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling sharing a laugh with U.S. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, Burma, April 1942
A train of Chongqing Rail Transit Line 2 coming through a residential building at Liziba station.
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong in 1945
An aerial tramway across the Yangtse river in Chongqing CBD Photo by Chen Hualin
Chiang with South Korean President Syngman Rhee in 1949
Hydrofoil on the Yangtze in the outer reaches of the municipality
Map of the Chinese Civil War (1946–1950)
Chongqing funicular railway
Chiang with Japanese politician Nobusuke Kishi, in 1957
View of Chaotianmen Bridge across the Yangtze River in Chongqing
Chiang presiding over the 1966 Double Ten celebrations
Zhongshan Ancient Town, Jiangjin, Chongqing
Chiang with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in June 1960
Chongqing Grand Theater
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark, and tourist attraction in Taipei, Taiwan.
Martyrs' Cemetery
Chiang's portrait in Tiananmen Rostrum
Chongqing Art Museum
Chinese propaganda poster proclaiming "Long Live the President"
The Hongya Cave (Hongya-dong) traditional Bayu-style stilted houses at Jiefangbei CBD
A Chinese stamp with Chiang Kai-shek
The steep path up to the front gate of Fishing Town
Chiang Kai-shek and Winston Churchill heads, with Nationalist China flag and Union Jack
Ciqikou ancient road in Shapingba District
Statue of Chiang Kai-shek in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan
Typical Chongqing hot pot served with minced shrimp, tripes, pork aorta, goose intestine, and kidney slices.
Duke of Zhou
Chongqing Xiao mian with peas and spicy bean paste
Chiang Kai-shek with the Muslim General Ma Fushou
Laziji is famous for its crispy texture
Chiang Kai-shek as Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim
Mao Fumei (毛福梅, 1882–1939), who died in the Second Sino-Japanese War during a bombardment, is the mother of his son and successor Chiang Ching-kuo
Yao Yecheng (姚冶誠, 1889–1972), who came to Taiwan and died in Taipei
Chen Jieru (陳潔如, "Jennie", 1906–1971), who lived in Shanghai, but moved to Hong Kong later and died there
Soong Mei-ling (宋美齡, 1898–2003), who moved to the United States after Chiang Kai-shek's death, is arguably his most famous wife even though they had no children together
Jiangbeizui CBD from above, taken in 2018
Chaotianmen Bridge connects Jiangbei District with Nan'an District of Chongqing, taken in 2018
Jiefangbei ({{zh|c=解放碑|l=People's Liberation Monument|labels=no}}) is a World War II victory monument
Raffles City Chongqing, sitting in the confluence of Yangtze and Jialing River

Infuriated by the 1944 fall of Changsha to a Japanese offensive, Stilwell threatened Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek that lend-lease aid to China would be cut off which led Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley to decide Stilwell had to be replaced.

- Joseph Stilwell

For eight years, he led the war of resistance against a vastly superior enemy, mostly from the wartime capital Chongqing.

- Chiang Kai-shek

During and after the Second Sino-Japanese War, from Nov 1937 to May 1946, it was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's provisional capital.

- Chongqing

After Britain, the United States, and other Allies entered the war in Asia in December 1941, one of the Allies' deputy commanders of operations in South East Asia (South East Asia Command SEAC), Joseph Stilwell, was based in the city.

- Chongqing

General Joseph Stilwell, an American military adviser to Chiang during World War II, strongly criticized Chiang and his generals for what he saw as their incompetence and corruption.

- Chiang Kai-shek

Right before Stilwell's departure, The New York Times drama critic-turned-war correspondent Brooks Atkinson interviewed him in Chungking and wrote:

- Joseph Stilwell

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