Yu Hanmou

余漢謀

Gen. Yu Hanmou with Ernest Hemingway and his wife Martha Gellhorn in Chungking, China, 1941.

2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China ArmyIn office
13 May 1948 – 9 February 1949PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Li ZongrenPreceded byGu ZhutongSucceeded byZhang Fakui Personal detailsBorn(1896-09-22)22 September 1896
Guangdong, Qing dynastyDied27 December 1981(1981-12-27) (aged 85)
Taipei, TaiwanAwardsOrder of the Sacred Tripod^[1]
Order of the Cloud and Banner^[2]Military serviceAllegiance

Republic of ChinaBranch/service

National Revolutionary ArmyRankGeneral

Gen. Yu Hanmou (simplified Chinese: 余汉谋; traditional Chinese: 余漢謀; pinyin: Yú Hànmóu; Jyutping: Yu4 Hon3 Mau4; 1896–1981) was a Kuomintang general from Guangdong. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the 12th Army Group from 1938–44. 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.

References

^ WW2 in Asia, Jan 3, 1938: Yu Hanmou, in charge of the defense of south China, says the city of Guangzhou will be burned to the ground before being yielded to the Japanese, Facebook|
^ WW2 in Asia, Jan 3, 1938: Yu Hanmou, in charge of the defense of south China, says the city of Guangzhou will be burned to the ground before being yielded to the Japanese, Facebook|