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Yu Hanmou
General Yu Hanmou with Ernest Hemingway and his wife Martha Gellhorn in Chungking, China, 1941.
2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army
In office
13 May 1948 – 9 February 1949
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Li Zongren
Preceded byGu Zhutong
Succeeded byZhang Fakui
Personal details
Born1896
Died1981 (aged 85)
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the Republic of China Republic of China
RankCommander in Chief of the Chinese 12th Army Group

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General Yu Hanmou (simplified Chinese: 余汉谋; traditional Chinese: 余漢謀; pinyin: Yú Hànmóu; Jyutping: Yu4 Hon3 Mau4; 1896–1981) was a KMT general from Guangdong. He was the Commander in Chief of the Chinese 12th Army Group from 1938 to 1944. 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.

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