Hu Zongnan
| Hu Zongnan | |
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General Hu Zongren
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| Nickname(s) | Eagle of the Northwest |
| Born | 16 May 1896 Zhenhai, Zhejiang |
| Died | 14 February 1962 (aged 65) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Place of burial | Yangmingshan, Taipei |
| Allegiance |
 Republic of China
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| Years of service | 1924–1959 |
| Rank |
Captain, June 1926 Brigadier General, November 1927 Major General, 1930 Lieutenant General, 1936 General, 1947 |
| Unit | First Corps |
| Commands held | 2nd Regiment, 1st Div, July 1926 1st Division, First Army, May 1927 22nd Division, November 1927 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, April 1928 1st Division (reorg.), 1930 First Army, April 1936 Seventeenth Army, 1938 34th Army Group, 1938 8th Military Region, 1940 1st Military Region, 1944 |
| Battles/wars |
Northern Expedition Chiang-Gui War Chiang-Feng-Yan War Chinese Civil War (1935-1951) Battle of Shanghai Battle of Wuhan First Taiwan Strait Crisis |
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of Cloud and Banner |
| Other work | Governor of Zhejiang Province |
Hu Zongnan (Chinese: 胡宗南; pinyin: Hú Zōngnán; Wade–Giles: Hu Tsung-nan; 16 May 1896 – 14 February 1962), courtesy name Shoushan (壽山), native of Zhenhai, Ningbo. A general in the National Revolutionary Army and then the Republic of China Army. Together with Chen Cheng and Tang Enbo, he formed the triumvirate of Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted generals during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan in 1949, Hu served as the President's military strategy advisor until his death in 1962.
Hu was in the first graduating class of Whampoa Military Academy (1924). One of Chiang Kai-shek's favourite students, he took part in the Northern Expedition as CO of 2nd Regiment, 1st Division, First Army. In May 1927 he was promoted to deputy CO of 1st Division while retaining command of 2nd Regiment. In November of the same year he was assigned as CO of the 22nd Division and led the division during the second Northern Expedition in April 1928. In August his division was downsized to the 2nd Brigade of 1st Division, and he served as CO of this brigade which Chiang thought highly of. In 1929 and 1930 he led his brigade in the Central Plains War to defend the central government against the regional warlords such as the Gui clique, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. He was promoted and given command of a reorganised 1st Division upon his return. [1]
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