Yu Hanmou

Yu Hanmou

General Yu Hanmou with Ernest Hemingway and his wife Martha Gellhorn in Chungking, China, 1941.
2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army
In office
13 May 1948  9 February 1949
President Chiang Kai-shek
Li Zongren
Preceded by Gu Zhutong
Succeeded by Zhang Fakui
Personal details
Born 1896
Died 1981 (aged 85)
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Rank Commander in Chief of the Chinese 12th Army Group

General Yu Hanmou (simplified Chinese: 余汉谋; traditional Chinese: 余漢謀; pinyin: Yú Hànmóu; Jyutping: Yu4 Hon3 Mau4; 1896–1981) was a KMT general from Guangdong. He was the Commander in Chief of the Chinese 12th Army Group from 1938 to 1944. He commanded the defense of Guangdong in the Canton Operation and 1939-40 Winter Offensive. Later in 1944 until the end of the war, he commanded the 7th War Area, fighting in the Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi.

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