Liao Yaoxiang
Chinese general (1906–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liao Yiaoxiang (Chinese: 廖耀湘; pinyin: Liào Yàoxiāng; 16 May 1906 – 2 December 1968), was a high-ranking Kuomintang commander who successful fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces. Apart from General Sun Liren, he was one of the few Nationalist commanders who graduated from a military academy in the West. After the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as a field commander in Manchuria until his capture by Marshal Lin Biao's Manchurian Field Army in the Liaoshen Campaign. General Liao was held for 12 years as a prisoner of war until 1961 and died seven years later during the Cultural Revolution.
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Liao Yaoxiang | |
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Nickname(s) | The Jungle Fox, Tiger of China, China's Patton |
Born | May 16, 1906 Xinshao County, Hunan, China |
Died | December 2, 1968 (1968-12-03) (aged 62) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Republic of China |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Unit | Second Cavalry Company |
Commands held | New 22nd Division, New 6th Army, Chinese Army in India, 9th Army Group |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun |
Other work | historian |
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