Lu Han
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Lu Han (1895 - 1974) was a KMT
general of Yi
ethnicity.
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Lu Han, as a member of the Kuomintang, provided support to the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
. Lu Han commanded Chinese forces occupying Indochina after the Japanese surrender.
In 1946 his forces occupied northern Vietnam
for six months, between the Japanese surrender and the return of French colonial forces to the area. He was a cousin of Long Yun
and succeeded him as governor of Yunnan
from 1945-1949. Lu Han defected to the Communists in 1949.
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
general of Yi
Yi people
The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...
ethnicity.
Life
His alma matter was Yunnan military academy. He was commander of the First Group Army in the Second Sino-Japanese WarSecond Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
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Lu Han, as a member of the Kuomintang, provided support to the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng , also known as the Việt Quốc and the Vietnamese Kuomintang, is the Vietnamese Nationalist Party, a revolutionary socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century...
. Lu Han commanded Chinese forces occupying Indochina after the Japanese surrender.
In 1946 his forces occupied northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
for six months, between the Japanese surrender and the return of French colonial forces to the area. He was a cousin of Long Yun
Long Yun
Long Yun was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to near the end of the Chinese Civil War, when he was overthrown in a coup by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai-shek in October, 1945.-Life:Long Yun was an sinicized ethnic Yi , a non Han Chinese people native to...
and succeeded him as governor of Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
from 1945-1949. Lu Han defected to the Communists in 1949.