Information AboutLiu Chih |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT LIU CHIH | |
| chinese people of world war ii | |
| national revolutionary army generals | |
| politicians of the republic of china | |
| 1892 births | |
| 1972 deaths | |
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After service in numerous regional armies, Liu joined the faculty of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and became a field commander during the Northern Expedition . He was instrumental in suppressing the coup of 1929-30, and expanding KMT military power throughout the 1930s. During WWII he organized the Nationalist government retreat to Chongqing and commanded the wartime capital defenses. Liu’s anti- Communist forces were routed by the armies of Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi in the epic Huai-hai campaigns of 1948 and 1949. Liu later served in the ROC government after the retreat to Taiwan . See also: History Of The Republic Of China REFERENCE |
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