Xu Tingyao
General Xu Tingyao | |
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Nickname(s) | "Father of National Army’s Armoured Soldiers" |
Born | 10 January 1892 Wuwei, Anhui, China |
Died | 16 December 1974 (aged 82) Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan |
Allegiance | Republic of China |
Service/ | National Revolutionary Army |
Years of service | ?–1952 |
Battles/wars |
Xu Tingyao, Hsu Ting-Yao, (
Wuwei, Anhui
.
Career
General Xu commanded 17th Army during the
Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army
.
From 1934 to 1935 he was the head of a Chinese military delegation to Europe and the United States. In October 1935 he took charge of the training schools for China's developing mechanized forces in the next few years.
Xu commanded the 38th Army Group in the
200th Division defeated the Japanese in the Battle of Kunlun Pass
.
He died in Taipei in 1974.
References
- China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations
- Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
- Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
- Date published : 2005-7-1
- ISBN 7214030349
- Also on line: [1]