Yu Hsueh-chung
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General Yu Hsueh-chung{ 于学忠} (1889-1964) was an officer in the armed forces of the Republic of China during World War II
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He was involved in the early conflicts with the Japanese in the North of China, but was removed from command in Hebei by the He-Umezu Agreement
. He commanded 51st Corps in the Battle of Taierzhuang
, Battle of Xuzhou
, Battle of Wuhan
. He was in command of the guerrilla forces in the Shandong-Jiangsu War Area from 1939 to 1941. He was involved in the 1939-40 Winter Offensive
and other operations against the Japanese and later against Communist Chinese forces when the united front ended.
Positions held
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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He was involved in the early conflicts with the Japanese in the North of China, but was removed from command in Hebei by the He-Umezu Agreement
He-Umezu Agreement
The was a secret agreement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China concluded on 10 June 1935 immediately prior to the outbreak of general hostilities in the Second Sino-Japanese War.- Background and history :...
. He commanded 51st Corps in the Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Taierzhuang
The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, between armies of Chinese Kuomintang and Japan, and is sometimes considered as a part of Battle of Xuzhou....
, Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Xuzhou
The Battle of Xuzhou was fought between Japanese and Chinese forces in May 1938 during Second Sino-Japanese War. In contemporary accounts in English, the event was usually referred to as the "Battle of Hsuchow", using the Chinese Postal Map Romanization....
, Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Wuhan
The Battle of Wuhan, popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan, and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War...
. He was in command of the guerrilla forces in the Shandong-Jiangsu War Area from 1939 to 1941. He was involved in the 1939-40 Winter Offensive
1939-40 Winter Offensive
The 1939–40 Winter Offensive was one of the major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War...
and other operations against the Japanese and later against Communist Chinese forces when the united front ended.
Positions held
- 1927 General Officer Commanding VIII Corps
- 1927 - 1928 General Officer Commanding XX Corps
- 1930 - 1931 General Officer Commanding Peiping & Tientsin Garrison Command
- 1932 - 1935 Chairman of the Government of HebeiHebei' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
Province - 1932 - 1935 General Officer Commanding LI Corps
- 1935 - 1937 Chairman of Gansu Provincial Council
- 1935 - 1936 General Officer Commanding Sichuan-Shanxi-Gansu Border Area
- 1937 Military Affairs Commissioner Jiangsu Province
- 1938 General Officer Commanding V Corps
- 1938 - 1941 General Officer Commanding LI Corps
- 1938 Commander in Chief 3rd Army Group
- 1939 - 1941 Commander in Chief Shandong-Jiangsu War Area
- 1941 Chairman of the Government of Shandong Province
- 1942 Commander in Chief North-eastern Army
- 1944 - 1945 Vice-President of the Military Advisory Council