People from Jinhua - Tang Enbo, Wu Han, Ho Ping-Sung, Guo Guangchang, Xu Yuhua, Du Zuozhou, Huang Zhihong, Shi Guangnan, Jin Guozhang, Zhang Libin (Paperback)

Chapters: Tang Enbo, Wu Han, Ho Ping-Sung, Guo Guangchang, Xu Yuhua, Du Zuozhou, Huang Zhihong, Shi Guangnan, Jin Guozhang, Zhang Libin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tang Enbo (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Tng Enbo; Wade-Giles: T'ang En-po, ) was a Nationalist general in the Republic of China. Along with Hu Zongnan and Xue Yue, Tang was one of the Kuomintang generals most feared and respected by the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in 1898 in Wuyi, Zhejiang, Tang Enbo was a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and therefore was familiar with the tactics of his Japanese enemy during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Tang's early resistance to the Japanese invasion was most ineffective, but this had nothing to do with his personal capabilities, but more to do with the political situation in China Tang's superior Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to devote his best troops to fight the Japanese invaders, wishing instead to use them to exterminate the Communists. Limited in troops and materiel, any commander would have had great difficulties in fighting such a superior enemy, and Tang Enbo was no exception. Furthermore, the battle plans though successful on paper rarely materialized on the battlefield during this stage because local Chinese warlords were only interested in maintaining their forces and largely ignored Chiang Kai-shek's orders. Although Tang did contribute to the victory at Battle of Taierzhuang, he was unable to stop the Japanese assaults during the 1944 Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi, losing 37 cities and towns within 36 days. After World War II, Tang Enbo participated in the struggle against the communists, who attempted to win Tang Enbo. Tang was hesitant at the first due to his mili...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2345243