| Accession Number | MED2008 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Place made | Egypt: Cairo |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Cairo, Egypt. c. 22 November 1943. Outdoors group portrait at a conference at which officials, ...
Description
Cairo, Egypt. c. 22 November 1943. Outdoors group portrait at a conference at which officials, military leaders and the heads of the government of the United States, China and England conferred. Back row, left to right: General (Gen) Shang Chen, Foreign Affairs expert of the Chinese Army; Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Ling Wei; Lt Gen Brehon Somervell, Chief US Army Service of Supply; Lt Gen Joseph W. Stilwell, Commander of US Army Forces in China, India and Burma; Gen Henry Arnold, Chief of US Army Air Forces; Field Marshal Sir John Dill; Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Allied Commander-in-Chief in the Far East; Major General Carton de Wiart of the British General Staff. Front row: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; Madame Chiang.