Xu Tingyao

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General

Xu Tingyao
Nickname(s)"Father of National Army’s Armoured Soldiers"
Born10 January 1892
Wuwei, Anhui, China
Died16 December 1974 (aged 82)
Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Allegiance Republic of China
Service/branchRepublic of China (1912–1949) 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.

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