Yu Hanmou Explained

Yu Hanmou
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
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:22 September 1896
Birth Place:Guangdong, Qing dynasty
Death Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Rank:General
Awards:Order of the Sacred Tripod[1]
Branch: National Revolutionary Army

Gen. Yu Hanmou (; 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.

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  1. 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