Song Zheyuan - Citizendia

Song Zheyuan 宋哲元
October 30, 1885 - April 5, 1940

Allegiance	Republic of China
Rank	General

Sòng Zhéyuán (宋哲元) (October 30, 1885-April 5, 1940) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The following is a list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the

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Born in the Zhaohong Village, northwest of downtown area of Leling County, Shandong Province, China, he was educated under his uncle from his mother's side, a teacher of a traditional Confucian private school in Yanshan County. ( is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Confucianism ( is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the fifth century B At the age of 20 (1904) he began studying in the military institute founded by Lu Jianzhang at Beijing and had since become Lu's favorite. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on In 1912 the troops of Lu and Feng Yuxiang, now subordinates of Yuan Shikai, were regrouped and Feng had then been Song's superior. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Feng Yuxiang ( (1882&ndash1948 was a Warlord during Republican China. Yuan Shikai ( Courtesy Weiting 慰亭 Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 ( September 16, 1859 &ndash June 6,

In 1917, a year after being appointed the head of 1st battalion of Feng's 2nd regiment, his battalion spearheaded the removal of Zhang Xun from his imperial restoration in 1917. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. Zhang Xun ( 1854-1923 Qing -loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in 1917 Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year As Feng Yuxiang participated in the Northern Expedition, Sòng assumed in November 1927 the Chairmanship of Shaanxi province and in April of the same year the head of 4th division under the II Corps of the National Revolutionary Army. The Northern Expedition ( was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang (KMT from 1926 to 1928. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess This article is about a military unit For alternative meanings see Corps (disambiguation. The National Revolutionary Army ( NRA) ( sometimes shortened to 國軍 or National Army) was the National Army

Switching sides to the Kuomintang after the abortive coup d'etat in 1930 of Feng against Chiang Kai-shek, his troops were designated as the 29th Army and garrisoned in southern Shanxi province where he was responsible for the frontiers of the Rehe and Chahar provinces against the Japanese in Manchukuo. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash ( Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Administration Rehe was located north of the Great Wall, west of Manchuria, and east of Mongolia. Administration and history Chahar is a tribal group of the Mongols. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Manchukuo (ja [[wikt満州国満州国]] Manshūkoku lit "State of Manchuria " was a Puppet state in Manchuria and eastern

Song was the chairman of Chahar province when Japan invaded the provinces in the end of year 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Though poorly equipped compared to the better armed Japanese, Song led the 29th army to resist the aggression in a war known as the Defense of the Great Wall (熱河長城之戰). The Defense of the Great Wall ( (January 1 1933 &ndash May 31 1933 was a campaign between the armies of Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which Japanese troops then entered the suburbs of Beijing and Tianjin after the predictable victory. ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. Song was relieved from his post but reinstalled as commander after the Ho-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

In the Battle of Lugou Bridge, his 29th Army bore the brunt of the Japanese Guandong Army. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident ( 盧溝橋事變; also known as 七七事變七七盧溝橋事變 or the Lugouqiao Incident) was a Battle between The, also known as the Guandong Army ( 관동군 was an Army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early twentieth century His troops were halved after the defeat and chased by the Japanese along the Jinpu Railway into Shandong Province during the Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation. The Jinpu railway (津浦铁路 runs from Tianjin to Pukou in Jiangsu province ( is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. The Japanese 京漢線作戦 or Peiking–Hankou Railway Operation (Mid August – Dec However Han Fuqu, chairman of the province and suspected for his clandestine Japanese liaision, forbade Song to retreat across the Huang He resulting in the 29th Army being shattered at Shijiazhuang in December 1937 and January 1938. Han Fuju or Han Fu-chü ( ( 1890 - 24 January 1938) was a member of the Kuomintang, who once held the position as the Governor of Shandong The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho ( Hatan Gol Queen river) is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the Shijiazhuang ( literally "The Stones' Village" is a Prefecture-level city and the Capital of Hebei province, China Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Remaining forces suffered various losses against the Imperial Japanese Army and were delegated to guerrilla combat after retreating into the mountainous regions at the borders of Henan and Shanxi province in February 1938. The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Henan ( is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country ( Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

He soon suffered various illnesses and died at the age of 56 in Mianyang County, Sichuan province after several unsuccessful medical treatments in Guilin, Chongqing, and Chengdu. Mianyang ( is the second largest city in Sichuan Province located in western China. ( Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western China with its capital in Chengdu. Guilin ( Pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Chongqing ( Postal map spelling: Chungking; Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China ( located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a Sub-provincial city.

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