Lu Han (general)

Lu Han (Chinese: 盧漢; pinyin: Lú Hán; 6 February 1895 – 13 May 1974)[1] was a KMT general of Yi ethnicity.[2]

Lu Han
Lu Han
Governor of Yunnan
In office
1 December 1945 – 9 December 1949
Preceded byLi Zonghuang
Succeeded byLi Mi
Personal details
Born(1895-02-06)6 February 1895
Yunnan Province, China
Died13 May 1974(1974-05-13) (aged 79)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
NationalityYi
Political partyKuomintang (Before 1949) CPC (1949–1974)
Alma materYunnan Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
 People's Republic of China
Years of service1922–1949
Rank General
Battles/wars
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.
Lu Han in uniform
Lu Han
Lu Han residence
Lu Han
Traditional Chinese盧漢
Simplified Chinese卢汉

Lu Han graduated from the Yunnan Military Academy. He was commander of the First Group Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[3]

Career

Lu was a member of the Kuomintang and provided support to the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng. Lu commanded Chinese forces occupying Indochina after the Japanese surrendered.[4]

In 1946 his forces occupied northern Vietnam for six months, between the Japanese surrender and the return of French colonial forces to the area. He was a cousin of Long Yun and succeeded him as governor of Yunnan from 1945 to 1949.[5] Lu Han defected to the Communist Party of China in 1949.[6]

References
  1. Malcolm Lamb (2003). Directory of officials and organizations in China, Volume 1. M.E. Sharpe. p. 1733. ISBN 0-7656-1020-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  2. Helen Rees (2000). Echoes of history: Naxi music in modern China. Oxford University Press US. p. 14. ISBN 0-19-512950-4. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Antony Best. British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Asia, Volume 2. University Publications of America. p. 63. ISBN 1-55655-768-X.
  4. Archimedes L. A. Patti (1980). Why Viet Nam?: Prelude to America's albatross. University of California Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-520-04156-9.
  5. Peter M. Worthing (2001). Occupation and revolution: China and the Vietnamese August revolution of 1945. Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. p. 67. ISBN 1-55729-072-5. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  6. Graham Hutchings (2003). Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change. Harvard University Press. p. 483. ISBN 0-674-01240-2.


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