Peng Yubin
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Peng Yubin, Peng Yu-pin, (彭毓斌), (?–1945), was a Nationalist Chinese general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

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Military history

In 1936 Peng led the 1st Cavalry Division
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division
The 1st Cavalry Division is one of the most famous and most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.Presently, in its digitalized, modular, rapidly deployable 4 combat brigade configuration, it is the most powerful heavy armored division in the United States Army, with a spacious base...

 in the Suiyuan campaign
Suiyuan Campaign (1936)
The Suiyuan Campaign was an engagement between the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Japanese-trained Inner Mongolian/Grand Han Righteous Armies before the outbreak of official hostilities during the Second Sino-Japanese War....

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In 1940 he was made Commanding General of the 1st Provisional Division.

In around September 1945, Peng Yubin lead the 23rd Army, the 83rd Army and other divisions totalling more than 20,000 men in the Shangdang Campaign
Shangdang Campaign
The Shangdang Campaign was a series battles fought between the Communist force under the leadership of Liu Bocheng and the nationalist Yan Xishan’s Kuomintang force. The Campaign lasted from September 10, 1945, through October 12, 1945...

. His force was ambushed and destroyed in October 1945 and Peng was killed at Siting.

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