Long Yun
| Long Yun | |
|---|---|
General Long Yun
|
|
| Governor of Yunnan | |
|
In office 1927 – October, 1945 |
|
| Preceded by | Tang Jiyao |
| Succeeded by | Lu Han |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1884 |
| Died | June 27, 1962 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Yi |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Alma mater | Yunnan Military Institute |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Republic of China |
| Years of service | 1911-1948 |
| Rank | general |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War |
Long Yun (simplified Chinese: 龙云; traditional Chinese: 龍雲; pinyin: Lóng Yún; Wade–Giles: Lung Yun; November 27, 1884 - June 27, 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to October 1945, when ("the Kunming Incident") he was overthrown in a coup by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai-shek.
Long Yun was an ethnic Yi general and governor of Yunnan. He was a cousin of Lu Han.
Long Yun first joined the local warlord's army in 1911 and was gradually promoted to the rank of corps commander. He served in Tang Jiyao's Yunnan Army for years until February 1927, when he, together with Hu Ruoyu, launched a coup and expelled Tang from office. Soon after that he became the 38th Army commander within the National Revolutionary Army, at the same time continuing as Yunnan chairman for more than a decade.
He was nominated as commander-in-chief of the 1st Army Group, fighting against the Japanese in his province. The Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) brought progress and modernization to Yunnan, as the Nationalist government developed the province into a war base against the Japanese. Factories, universities, and government agencies were transplanted there from the coastal regions, and fresh manpower, capital, and ideas poured into the province. Industries were established, and efforts were made by the government to develop the resources of the region. The Burma Road made Yunnan the corridor through which supplies flowed to Allied war bases in all parts of China, and Kunming became a key U.S. Air Force base. A major advance by the Japanese Army along the upper Salween River in 1944 was halted at Huitongqiao, near Tengchong, indicating the vital role that Yunnan played in the country’s defense. The following was written in Time Magazine about the 1944 battle with the Japanese along the Salween River:
...
Wikipedia