Who decided that Stilwell had to be replaced?
Patrick J. Hurley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Answer
Patrick J. Hurley, the United States ambassador to China, decided that Stilwell had to be replaced because Stilwell had been in constant conflict with Chiang Kai-shek, the commander of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, about strategy. Stilwell believed that the Nationalist Chinese forces should focus on fighting the Japanese, while Chiang wanted to concentrate on defeating the Communist forces first.
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