Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong ( Chinese 張治中 / 张治中 , Pinyin Zhāng Zhìzhōng , W.-G. Chang Chih-chung ; born October 27, 1890 in Caohu , Anhui , Chinese Empire ; † April 6, 1969 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) was a general of the Kuomintang the Republic of China . He commanded the 5th Army in 1932 during the First Battle of Shanghai and in 1937 was the commander of the 9th Army Group in the Second Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War .
Jung Chang and Jon Halliday claim in their book Mao (see literature) that Zhang Zhi-zhong, as an agent (" mole ") of the USSR and the CCP, through targeted misinformation and unprovoked attacks against the Japanese army, played a decisive role at the beginning of the Second Japanese Army. Contributed to Chinese War .
In 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek and his supporters withdrew to Taiwan from the overwhelming force of the Red Army, Zhang stayed on the mainland and joined the communists.
In 1954 he became vice chairman of the National Defense Council of the People's Republic of China.
literature
- Jung Chang , Jon Halliday : Mao. The life of a man, the fate of a people . Karl Blessing Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89667-200-2 .
- Chang Chih-Chung , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 05/1956 from January 23, 1956, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available).
Web links
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- ↑ according to Munzinger archive and http://www.generals.dk/general/Zhang_Zhizhong/_/China.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zhang, Zhizhong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chang, Chih-Chung; 張治中 (Chinese); 张治中 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General of the Kuomintang of the Republic of China |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caohu , Anhui |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1969 |
| Place of death | Beijing |