Lu Han (general)

Lu Han
Traditional Chinese	盧漢
Simplified Chinese	卢汉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lú Hàn

Lu Han
Lu Han
	Lu Han
Governor of Yunnan
	In office; 1 December 1945 – 9 December 1949
Preceded by	Li Zonghuang
Succeeded by	Li Mi
Personal details
Born	6 February 1895; Yunnan Province, China
Died	13 May 1974 (aged 79); Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese (of Yi ethnicity)
Political party	Kuomintang (until 1949) Communist Party of China (1949–1974)
Alma mater	Yunnan Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China; People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Yunnan clique (1922–1927); National Revolutionary Army (1927–1947); Republic of China Army (1947–1949)
Years of service	1922–1949
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Taierzhuang; Battle of Wuhan; Battle of Changsha; ; Chinese Civil War;

Lu Han (simplified Chinese: 卢汉; traditional Chinese: 盧漢; pinyin: Lú Hàn; 6 February 1895 – 13 May 1974)[1] was a KMT general of Yi ethnicity.[2]

Lu Han in uniform

Lu Han

Lu Han residence

Lu Han graduated from the Yunnan Military Academy. He was commander of the First Group Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[3]

Career

Lu was a member of the Kuomintang and provided support to the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng. Lu commanded Chinese forces occupying Indochina after the Japanese surrendered.[4]

In 1946 his forces occupied northern Vietnam for six months, between the Japanese surrender and the return of French colonial forces to the area. He was a cousin of Long Yun and succeeded him as governor of Yunnan from 1945 to 1949.[5] Lu Han defected to the Communist Party of China in 1949.[6]

References

Malcolm Lamb (2003). Directory of officials and organizations in China, Volume 1. M.E. Sharpe. p. 1733. ISBN 0-7656-1020-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Helen Rees (2000). Echoes of history: Naxi music in modern China. Oxford University Press US. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-512950-4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Antony Best (2000). British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Asia, Volume 2. University Publications of America. p. 63. ISBN 1-55655-768-X.
Archimedes L. A. Patti (1980). Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's albatross. University of California Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-520-04156-9.
Peter M. Worthing (2001). Occupation and revolution: China and the Vietnamese August revolution of 1945. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. p. 67. ISBN 1-55729-072-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Graham Hutchings (2003). Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Harvard University Press. p. 483. ISBN 0-674-01240-2.

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[1] Malcolm Lamb (2003). Directory of officials and organizations in China, Volume 1. M.E. Sharpe. p. 1733. ISBN 0-7656-1020-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.

[2] Helen Rees (2000). Echoes of history: Naxi music in modern China. Oxford University Press US. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-512950-4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.

[3] Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Antony Best (2000). British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Asia, Volume 2. University Publications of America. p. 63. ISBN 1-55655-768-X.

[4] Archimedes L. A. Patti (1980). Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's albatross. University of California Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-520-04156-9.

[5] Peter M. Worthing (2001). Occupation and revolution: China and the Vietnamese August revolution of 1945. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. p. 67. ISBN 1-55729-072-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.

[6] Graham Hutchings (2003). Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Harvard University Press. p. 483. ISBN 0-674-01240-2.