Yu Hanmou

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yu Hanmou

| native_name = {{nobold|余漢謀}}

| native_name_lang = zh-hant

| image = Yu Hanmou2.jpg

| caption =

| nickname =

| president = Chiang Kai-shek
Li Zongren

| office = 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army

| term_start = 13 May 1948

| term_end = 9 February 1949

| predecessor = Gu Zhutong

| successor = Zhang Fakui

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guangdong, Qing dynasty

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|12|27|1896|9|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan

| allegiance = {{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}

| serviceyears =

| rank = 17px Colonel general

| commands =

| unit =

| battles =

| awards = Order of the Sacred TripodWW2 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|
Order of the Cloud and BannerWW2 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|

| laterwork =

| branch = {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|army}} National Revolutionary Army

}}

Yu Hanmou ({{zh|t=余漢謀|s=余汉谋|p=Yú Hànmóu|j=Yu4 Hon3 Mau4}}; 22 September 1896 – 27 December 1981) was a Chinese general during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.

Biography

Yu was born in Guangdong in 1896. He graduated from the Baoding Military Academy in 1919. He joined the Kuomintang during this period. He served during the Encirclement camapaigns against the Chinese communists during the 1930s, and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1936.{{Cite web |title=中華民國政府官職資料庫 |url=https://gpost.lib.nccu.edu.tw/view_career.php?name=%E4%BD%99%E6%BC%A2%E8%AC%80 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=gpost.lib.nccu.edu.tw}}

During the war with Japan, he commanded the defense of Guangdong in the Canton Operation and the 1939-40 Winter Offensive. While Guangzhou was lost to the Japanese, Yu's forces were able to defeat the Japanese in northern Guangdong. Later in 1944 until the end of the war, he commanded the 7th War Area, fighting in the Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi.{{Cite web |title=余汉谋 - 广东抗战将领名录与英勇事迹 - 抗日战争纪念网 |url=https://m.krzzjn.com/show-1459-81702.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=m.krzzjn.com}}

He was promoted to general in 1946, and later to Commander in-Chief of the army in 1949. In 1949, during the final months of the Chinese Civil War, Yu's forces were defeated by the Chinese communists in Guangdong, with only Hainan Island being under Nationalist control. Yu led later led the Nationalist evacuation from Hainan to Taiwan in May 1950. There, he served as a strategic advisor and was promoted to colonel general in 1965. He died of cancer in Taipei in 1981.{{Cite web |title=中華民國政府官職資料庫 |url=https://gpost.lib.nccu.edu.tw/view_career.php?name=%E4%BD%99%E6%BC%A2%E8%AC%80 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=gpost.lib.nccu.edu.tw}}{{Cite web |title=余汉谋 - 广东抗战将领名录与英勇事迹 - 抗日战争纪念网 |url=https://m.krzzjn.com/show-1459-81702.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=m.krzzjn.com}}{{Cite web |title=余汉谋与黄埔军校 |url=http://www.huangpu.org.cn/hpzz/hpzz201904/202001/t20200102_12229798.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=www.huangpu.org.cn}}

References

External links

[http://www.generals.dk/general/Yu_Han-mou/_/China.html Yu Hanmou]

Category:1896 births

Category:1981 deaths

Category:National Revolutionary Army generals from Guangdong

Category:Politicians from Zhaoqing

Category:Republic of China politicians from Guangdong

Category:Taiwanese people from Guangdong