Lu Han (general)

Lu Han

Lu Han
Governor of Yunnan
In office
October 1945 – 1949
Preceded by Long Yun
Personal details
Born 1895
Died 1974
Nationality Yi
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater Military Academy of Yunnan
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Rank general
Battles/wars Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.
Lu Han
Traditional Chinese 盧漢
Simplified Chinese 卢汉

Lu Han (1895–1974)[1] was a KMT general of Yi ethnicity.[2]

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

Lu Han, as a member of the Kuomintang, provided support to the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang. Lu Han 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 1945-1949.[5] Lu Han defected to the Communists in 1949.[6]

References

  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. 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.

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