Operation Beleaguer
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Operation Beleaguer was the codename for the United States Marine Corps' occupation of northeastern China's Hebei and Shandong provinces from 1945 until 1949. The Marines were tasked with overseeing t
Marines in Qingdao during Operation Beleaguer
A Marine Corps Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat at Beijing's Nan Yuan Airfield in December 1945
USS Princeton off Qingdao in 1948
A United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk scout plane over Shanghai in 1948. This aircraft was assigned to the cruiser USS Duluth. It was transported through the streets of Shanghai and fitted with landing gear instead of its normal floats.
Albert Coady Wedemeyer
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Albert Coady Wedemeyer was a United States Army general who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war in 1945. Previously, he was an important member of the War Planni
Operation Beleaguer
…allowed to engage in combat if fired upon first. Major General Keller E. Rockey, IIIAC, was placed in command of the operation, and Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer was in command of the China Theater. IIIAC was preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended on September 2, 1945. Within the next 48 hours…
Wedemeyer in 1954
General Wedemeyer arriving in Chungking, 1944
The grave of General Albert Coady Wedemeyer at Arlington National Cemetery