约瑟夫·沃伦·史迪威是与中国有着不解之缘的美国将军。早在1911年11月,他就曾到上海度假,这是他的第一次中国之旅。9年后,他奉命到中国工作。1935至1939年,他担任美国驻华武官参赞,其足迹遍及中国各地。正因为如此,他被美国军界称为“最精通中国和远东问题的军官”。1941年12月7日,日军偷袭美国珍珠港,太平洋战争爆发。他作为美国总统罗斯福的驻华军事代表,开始履行其职业军人的历史使命。 Joseph Warren Stilwell is a U.S. general who has an indissoluble bond with China. As early as November 1911, he had gone to Shanghai on vacation, which was his first trip to China. Nine years later, he was ordered to work in China. From 1935 to 1939, he served as Counselor for the U.S. Attache to China and traveled all over China. Because of this, he was described by the U.S. military as the “officer most knowledgeable about China and the Far East.” December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War broke out. As the U.S. military representative to U.S. President Roosevelt, he began to fulfill the historic mission of his professional soldiers.