Which wartime leaders and visitors had residences preserved in Chongqing?

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Chongqing Skyscrapers at night in central Chongqing, China.

Chongqing has preserved several residences associated with the wartime Nationalist government period, which served as the capital of China from 1938 to 1946 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.12

The city maintains the residences of the following notable figures:

Chiang Kai-shek: The leader of the Nationalist government who moved the capital to Chongqing in 1938.12
Song Qingling: A prominent political figure and the wife of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen.23
Joseph W. Stilwell: A U.S. General who served in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.2

These sites are preserved as part of the city's historical legacy from the era when Chongqing functioned as the center of Chinese resistance against Japanese aggression.12