Cai Tingkai

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Cai Tingkai
蔡廷鍇
General
Commands held19th Route Army

Cai Tingkai (simplified Chinese: 蔡廷锴; traditional Chinese: 蔡廷鍇; pinyin: Cài Tíngkǎi; Wade–Giles: Ts‘ai4 T‘ing2-k‘ai3; Jyutping: Coi3 Ting4 Kaai2; 1892–1968) was a Chinese general.

Cai was in overall command of the

Fujian Incident—did not receive Communist
support and, on 21 January 1934, it was defeated by the Kuomintang and Cai was forced to leave China for several years.

Later, in the

Chinese-Americans
for the war effort.

During the final stages of the

People's Republic of China" of 1 October 1949.[2]

Cai was originally interred at the Beijing Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery but, since 1997, his remains have been at the Memorial Mausoleum of the Martyrs of Nineteenth Route Army in the Battle Against Japanese Aggressors at North Shanghai.

Military career

  • 1927–1930 General Officer Commanding 10th Division
  • 1930–1933 General Officer Commanding 19th Route Army
  • 1939–1940 Commander in Chief 16th Army Group
  • 1940–1945 Commander in Chief 26th Army Group

References

Citations

  1. ^ John Gunther (1939). Inside Asia. Harper & Brothers. p. 269. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  2. ^ "Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the PRC" at Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung website. Accessed 20 February 2007.

Sources

  • "Cai Tingkai" at The Generals of World War II website
  • Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.