Zhang Zizhong

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Not to be confused with fellow general Zhang Zhizhong.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhāng Zìzhōng (Traditional Chinese: 張自忠, Simplified Chinese: 张自忠; Wade-Giles Chang Tzu-chung) (1891-May 16, 1940) was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in Linqing in Shandong province, he was the highest-ranked officer and the only Army group commander of the NRA to die in the war. Because of his posthumous promotion, he was also the highest-ranked Allied officer that was KIA in World War II. His mausoleum is situated in Beibei District, Chongqing. There are roads named after him in Shanghai and Beijing.

Career

  • 1911 Studied law in Tianjin
  • 1914 Assigned to the 20th Army Division near Fengtian (present day Shenyang) as platoon leader
  • 1935 - 1936 Chairman of the Government of Charhar Province
  • 1937 Mayor of Tianjin
  • 1937 General Officer Commanding 38th Division
  • 1937 - 1940 General Officer Commanding LIX Corps
  • 1938 General Officer Commanding 27th Army
  • 1939 Commander in Chief Right Flank Army 5th War Area
  • 1939 - 1940 Commander in Chief 33rd Army Group
  • 1940 Killed in Action at Changshan mountain near Yichang in Hubei Province
  • 1940 - Posthumous promotion to Full General [1]

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[edit] Further reading

  • Arthur Waldron. "China's New Remembering of World War II: The Case of Zhang Zizhong". Modern Asian Studies 30, 4 (1996): 945-978.

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  1. ^ 1940年國民政府頒佈了褒恤令和追晉張自忠將軍為陸軍上將令「故陸軍上將銜陸軍中將張自忠追晉為陸軍上將。此令。中華民國二十九年七月七日。」 Executive Order issued by the Republic of China on July 7th, 1940 - "Post Posthumous promotion of Lieutenant General Zhang Zizhong to Full General, effects immediately. Date."

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