- Feng Yuxiang
Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948) was a warlord during Republican China. As the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in the military life. He joined the army at age 16 and proved himself to be hard working and motivated. Feng, like many young officers, was seduced by revolutionary romanticism and was nearly executed for treason. He later joined Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army and converted to Christianity in 1914. - Liu Chih
Liu Chih was a Kuomintang military and political leader in the Republic of China After service in numerous regional armies, Liu joined the faculty of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and became a field commander during the Northern Expedition. He was instrumental in suppressing the coup of 1929-30, and expanding KMT military power throughout the 1930s. During WWII he organized the Nationalist government retreat to Chongqing and commanded the wartime capital defenses. - Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang (3 June 1901 (according to other accounts in 1898 or 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – 14 October 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States), nicknamed the "Young Marshal" (少帥), became the effective ruler of Manchuria and much of North China after the assassination of his father Zhang Zuolin by the Japanese on 4 June 1928. - Sun Li-Jen
Sun Li-jen (November 19, 1899-November 19, 1990) was a Kuomintang (KMT) general, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. His achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East". His New 1st Army was reputed as the "1st [Best] Army under the heaven" and credited with defeating the most Japanese troops. He was also known as Sun Chung-neng (孫仲能, … - Chen Cheng
Chen Cheng (January 4, 1897 - March 5, 1965), Chinese political and military leader, was one of the main Kuomintang (KMT) commanders during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. After moving to Taiwan at the end of the Civil War, he served the Governor of Taiwan, Vice President and Premier of the Republic of China. Under Chiang Kai-shek, he helped initiated a land reform program, giving him a good reputation even after death. - Fu Zuoyi
Fu Zuoyi (傅作义, Wades-Giles: Fu Tso-yi was a Chinese military leader. Fu began his career as an officer in Yen Hsi-shan's Shanxi army. He served with distinction during the Northern Expedition, after Yen had declared his allegiance to the Kuomintang, but later participated in the failed coup against Chiang Kai-shek (1929-1930). - Hu Zongnan
Hu Zongnan, courtesy name Shoushan (壽山), was a general in the National Revolutionary Army and then the Republic of China Army. Hu was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang on 16 May 1896. He was the first graduating class (1924) of Whampoa Military Academy. One of Chiang Kai-shek's favourite students, he took part in the Northern Expedition as CO of 2nd Regiment, 1st Division, First Army. - Tang Shengzhi
Tang Shengzhi, Tang Sheng-chih, (1889-April 6, 1970) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era, a military commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and a politician after World War II. During the warlord era, Tang first sided with Chiang Kai-shek and helped him to secure the control of northern Beijing and Tianjin region by removing Bai Chongxi, a Guangxi warlord was in actual control of the region and was ostensively allied with Chiang Kai-shek. - Li Zongren
Li Tsung-jen (13 August 1890 - 13 January 1969), courtesy name Delin (德鄰), was prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. He served as vice-president and acting president of the Republic of China under the 1947 Chinese Constitution. - Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 - 1 December 1966), also spelled Pai Chung-hsi, was a Chinese Muslim general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC). He was a warlord with a sphere of influence centred around Guangxi Province, commanding his own troops and governing Guangxi with autonomy, though part of the Republic of China. - Yang Hucheng
Yang Hucheng (26 November 1893 - 6 September 1949) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War. A bandit of unknown origins, Yang Hucheng had become a popular warlord of Shaanxi Province by 1926. Following the defeat of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan in the Central Plains War of 1930, … - Ye Ting
Ye Ting (葉挺) (September 10, 1896 - April 8, 1946), born in Guangdong Province, was a Chinese military leader. He started out nationalist and went to the left. Ye Ting joined the Kuomintang when Sun Yat-sen founded it in 1919 (the Kuomintang existed prior to 1919 but was called the Chinese Revolutionary Party) and from 1921 was a battalion commander in the National Revolutionary Army. - Liu Wenhui
General Liu Wenhui or Liu Wen-hui (1895-1976), Chinese: 刘文辉, one of the warlords of Sichuan Province during China's Warlord era. Liu Wenhui who rose to prominence in Sichuan in the 1920s and 1930s, came from a peasant family. At the beginning of his career, he was aligned with the Guomindang, commanding the Sichuan-Xigang Defence Force from 1927 to 1929. The western part of Sichuan province was then known as Xikang. - Ji Hongchang
Ji Hongchang, was a Chinese general and patriot. - Sun Lianzhong
Sun Lianzhong (Traditional Chinese: ? ; Simplified Chinese: 孙 连仲 ; pinyin: Sun Lianzhong; Wade-Giles: Sun Lian-chung (1893-1990) General during the Warlord Era, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Best known for his commanded of the 2nd Group Army in the Battle of Taierzhuang, he had a long career in the army. In the Warlord Era he was in the Northwest Army of Feng Yuxiang, … - Ma Zhanshan
Ma Zhanshan or Ma Chan-shan, 馬占山 (1885-1950), was born in Gongzhuling, in Jilin province, in a poor farm family. At the age of 20 he became a security guard of Huaide County. Promoted to Guard Monitor of the 4th Security Guard Battalion for his good marksmanship and equestrianism, by Wu Junsheng, Commander of Tianhou Road Patrol and Defence Battalion of Mukden in 1908. In 1913, Ma was appointed as Major Company Commander of 3rd Company, of the 3rd Regiment, … - Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang (1897-1955) was a Chinese general who served the Nationalist government throughout the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War as one of China's most successful military commanders. First joining the Kuomintang (KMT) faction during the early 1920s, Wei Li-huang would rise to become general after the Northern Expedition, a two year campaign to unify the China. - Du Yuming
Du Yuming or Tu Yü-ming (wg) (杜聿明) (November 28, 1903-May 7, 1981) was a Kuomintang field commander active in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) theatre of World War II and in the Chinese Civil War from 1945 to 1949. A trusted protégé of Chiang Kai-shek, Tu was a graduate of the first cadet class at the Whampoa Military Academy. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he commanded the 5th Corps in the First Changsha Campaign, … - Sun Dianying
Sun Diangying (Traditional Chinese: 孫殿英; Simplified Chinese: 孙殿英; pinyin: Sun Dianying; Wade-Giles: Sun Tienying) (1887 - 1946) was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era. - Wan Fulin
Wan Fulin was the military governor of Heilongjian province from 1928, and part of the Fengtian clique. On Dec 29th 1928, Wan Fulin along with Zhang Xueliang, son of late Zhang Zuolin, together with Zhang Zuoxiang, against Japanese threats and coercion, declared in a public wire that the four provinces of Feng [Liaoning], Ji [Jilin], Hei [Heilongjiang], & Ri [Rehe] would change the flag to that of the Republic of China, and obey the National Government. - Xie Jinyuan
Xie Jinyuan (b. 1905-d. 24 April 1941), courtesy name Zhongmin (中民), was a Chinese military leader. He was born in Jiaoling County in Guangdong. He majored in politics at Whampoa Military Academy, and after graduation was assigned to the 5th Regiment, 2nd Division as a platoon commander. In 1928 he was promoted to company commander, … - He Yingqin
He Yingqin (April 2, 1890 - October 21, 1987), also spelled Ho Ying-chin, was one of the senior generals of Kuomintang during Republican China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. - Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong (1895-1965) was a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. He was in charge of the 5th Army during the 1932 battle at Shanghai. Commanding the 9th Army Group (第九集團軍), Zhang oversaw for a second time the defence of Shanghai in 1937. In Jung Chang's book Mao: The Unknown Story, … - Wang Mingzhang
Wang Mingzhang, Wang Ming-chang, 王铭章, (1893 – 1938), Chinese General of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in Xindu County, Sichuan, Wang Mingzhang entered the Sichuan Army Elementary School in 1911 and the Army Middle School in Nanjing, in 1912. Afterward he returned to Sichuan to enter the Sichuan Military Academy, and after he graduated in 1914 successively held the commands of a platoon, company, battalion, regiment, … - Feng Zhanhai
Feng Zhanhai or Feng Chan-hai, 冯占海,(1899-1963), was one of the leaders of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria. Feng was born on November 6th, 1899. At eighteen he joined the Dongbei Army, and later entered a military school graduating in 1921. After he graduated, he was successively a platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander. - Wang Delin
Wang Delin or Wang Teh-ling, (王德林) (1875－1938）, bandit, soldier and leader of the National Salvation Army resisting the Japanese pacification of Manchukuo. Wang Delin was born in October of 1875. He became a bandit in Manchuria after the Russian invasion in July 1900 when Tsarist forces were sent to Northeast China, to protect the Russian-owned Chinese Eastern Railway or CER. Wang declared his opposition to both the Russians and China's Qing dynasty, … - Zhao Dengyu
Zhao Dengyu or Chao Teng-yu (1898-1937) was born in a peasant family in Heze, Shandong Province in 1898. He first served as a soldier in the troops commanded by Feng Yuxiang in 1914. After 1922, he distinguished himself on the battlefield and rose through ranks and became successively platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander and division commander. In 1930, he was transferred to be the commander of the 109th Brigade, … - Cheng Chien
Cheng Chien (1882 - 1968) was a Chinese General. In 1921 he was Vice-Minister of War, from 1925 to 1927 the General commanding 6th Army. In 1928 he became Chairman of the Government of Hunan Province. From 1935 to 1937 he was Chief of the General Staff. When the Second Sino-Japanese War began Cheng Chien was made Commander in Chief of the 1st War Area in July 1937. He was also made Chairman of the Government of Henan Province from 1937 to 1939. - Deng Xihou
Deng Xihou, Teng Hsi-hou, 邓锡侯, (1889-1964) Chinese general and politician, and was born 1889, Yingshan, Sichuan, China. In 1906 he was admitted to the Sichuan Military School, and in 1909 graduated, and entered the Nanjing Army School. After the Xinhai Revolution, he discontinued his studies and returned to Sichuan. After the Republic of China was established Deng joined the Sichuan Fourth Division of Liu Cunhou. He successively held the post of adjutant, company commander, … - Chen Jitang
Chen Jitang, also spelled Chen Chi-tang, was born in Fangcheng, Guangxi, China. He joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1908 and began serving in the Guangdong Army in 1920, rising from battalion to brigade commander. He was designated commander of the 11th Division within the 4th Army in 1925 and took up the garrison of Qinzhou city, Guangxi, in 1926, thus staying in the south during the Northern Expedition. - Lu Diping
Lu Diping, was a Chinese general and politician. Born in 1887 in Ningxiang, Hunan, China, he was a graduate of Hunan Military College and a participant of the Wuchang Uprising. He commanded the 2nd Army and of the 18th Division. Lu was allied with Wang Jingwei and the left wing faction of the KMT. He was Chairman of the governments of Hunan from 1928 to 1929, and Jiangxi from 1929 to 1931, and Zhejiang from 1931 to 1934. Lu died in January 24, 1935 in Nanjing, China. - Ou Zhentong
Ou Zhentong or Ou Chen (1899–1969) was a Chinese general during the Second Sino-Japanese War during World War II. He was a commander in the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Wuhan (leading the 4th Corps, particularly in the Battle of Wanjialing), the 1st Changsha Campaign, the 1939-40 Winter Offensive, as well as the 2nd and 3rd Changsha Campaigns. He commanded Army Ou Chen in the Changteh Campaign, and the Changsha-Hengyang Campaign of 1944. - Sun Yuanliang
Sun Yuanliang (1904 - 2007) was a general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. Sun was the last surviving member of the first graduating class of the Whampoa Military Academy, as well as the last surviving army-level commander of the Second Sino-Japanese War. His career spanned the January 28 Incident (1932 Shanghai war), Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil War. - Shang Zhen
Shang Zhen, (Shang Chen), (1887 – 1978) General of the National Revolutionary Army during the Warlord Era and Second Sino-Japanese War. Governor of Suiyuan Province from 1927 to 1928. He became Chairman of the Government of Hebei Province and Commander of the Peiping & Tientsin Garrison from 1928 to 1929 following the success of the Northern Expedition to unify China. From 1929 to 1930 during the Central Plains War he was Chairman of the Government of Shanxi Province. - Xue Yue
Xue Yue was one of Nationalist China's best generals. Nicknamed by General Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame as the Patton of Asia. Born to a peasant family in Canton, Xue joined the Chinese army in 1914, at the age of 18. When Chiang Kai-shek formed the Whampoa Military Academy years later, Xue was one of its graduates. After Chiang purged the communists during the Northern Expedition, … - Sun Zhen
Sun Zhen, Sun Chen,(1892 – 1985), General of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1933 he was made a General commanding the Garrison of Sichuan's Northwestern District. After the outbreak of the war with Japan, in 1938 he was made acting Commander in Chief of the 22nd Army Group, Sun similtaneously he held the command of the 41st Corps which he retained until 1940. His command fought in the Battle of Xuzhou, … - Song Zheyuan
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Pang Bingxun (Traditional Chinese: ? ; Simplified Chinese: ?; pinyin: Pang Bingxun; Wade-Giles: Pang Ping-hsun (1879-1963) was a General during the Second Sino-Japanese War for the KMT, whose 3rd Corps of 5 regiments held the city of Linyi against the Japanese 5th Division during the Battle of Taierzhuang. Pang escaped into the mountains after the defeat of the nationalist forces by the Japanese in the battles after Taierzhuang, and initially refused to surrender. - Hao Mengling
Hao Mengling was a Chinese general who distinguished himself first in the Northern Expedition and then in the Battle of Xinkou. Born on 18 February 1892 into a family of poor farmers, Hao ran away from his apprenticeship at a grocery shop to join the army when he was just a child. After he graduated from Baoding Military Academy, he joined Feng Yuxiang' Guominjun along with his mentor Wei Yisan (魏益三) in 1921. - Liu Ruming
Liu Ruming, Liu Ju-ming Chinese general during the Warlord Era, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Born in Hebei province, he became an important military officer in Feng Yuxiang's Northwestern Army. After the 1930 Central Plains War he took the post of 29th Army Deputy commander. He became Chairmen of the government of Chahar Province in June 1936, holding it until October 1938. In July 1937 he was commander of the 143rd Division, …
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