Yu Hanmou
Yu Hanmou | |
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余漢謀 | |
![]() Gen. Yu Hanmou with Ernest Hemingway and his wife Martha Gellhorn in Chongqing, China, 1941. | |
2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army | |
In office 13 May 1948 – 9 February 1949 | |
President | Chiang Kai-shek Li Zongren |
Preceded by | Gu Zhutong |
Succeeded by | Zhang Fakui |
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Born | Guangdong, Qing dynasty | 22 September 1896
Died | 27 December 1981 Taipei, Taiwan | (aged 85)
Awards | Order of the Sacred Tripod[1] Order of the Cloud and Banner[2] |
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Gen. Yu Hanmou (simplified Chinese: 余汉谋; traditional Chinese: 余漢謀; pinyin: Yú Hànmóu; Jyutping: Yu4 Hon3 Mau4; 1896–1981) was a Kuomintang general from Guangdong. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the 12th Army Group from 1938–44. He commanded the defense of Guangdong in the Canton Operation and 1939-40 Winter Offensive. Later in 1944 until the end of the war, he commanded the 7th War Area, fighting in the Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi.
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[edit]- ^ WW2 in Asia, Jan 3, 1938: Yu Hanmou, in charge of the defense of south China, says the city of Guangzhou will be burned to the ground before being yielded to the Japanese, Facebook|
- ^ WW2 in Asia, Jan 3, 1938: Yu Hanmou, in charge of the defense of south China, says the city of Guangzhou will be burned to the ground before being yielded to the Japanese, Facebook|
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