Sun Yuanliang was a Chinese military general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.
14 Facts About Sun Yuanliang
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Sun Yuanliang was the last living general of the World War II era.
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Sun Yuanliang performed well in the Northern Expedition and Chiang Kai-shek sent him to study in Japan.
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Sun Yuanliang attended the Imperial Military Academy in Japan and returned home in 1928.
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Sun Yuanliang was appointed as the first commander of the elite German trained 88th Division.
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When full-scale war broke out between China and Japan in 1937, Sun Yuanliang led his 88th Division in the Battle of Shanghai.
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Sun Yuanliang personally gave the order to regimental commander Xie Jinyuan to hold onto the Sihang Warehouse at the conclusion of the three-month battle.
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Sun Yuanliang was forced to abandon his post during the ensuing chaos and escape from Nanking.
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Chiang Kai-shek reluctantly suspended him for two month and Sun Yuanliang did not receive another command until 1939.
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Sun Yuanliang was promoted to General and commander of the 16th army.
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Sun Yuanliang participated early successful campaigns against the Communist forces along with his old classmates, they were Du Yuming, Fan Hanjie, Hu Lien and Liu Yuzhang.
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Sun Yuanliang decided to breakout on his own, his 16th army was destroyed by the communist troops, but he made it safely to Nanjing in 1948.
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Sun Yuanliang was forced to resign as army commander and retired shortly after following Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan.
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Sun Yuanliang died at the age of 103 on May 25,2007, in Taiwan.