Liao Yaoxiang Military person

Liao Yiaoxiang (Chinese: 廖耀湘; pinyin: Liào Yàoxiāng; 1906–1968) was a high-ranking Kuomintang commander who successful fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces. Apart from General Sun Liren, he was one of the few Nationalist commanders who graduated from a military academy in the West. After the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as a field commander in Manchuria until his capture by Marshal Lin Biao's Manchurian Field Army in the Liaoshen Campaign. [1] General Liao was held for 12 years as a prisoner of war until 1961 and died seven years later during the Cultural Revolution.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 16, 1906
Birth place	Hunan , Xinshao County
Date of death	December 02, 1968
Place of death	Beijing

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award	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
military operations	Battle of Shanghai Battle of West Hunan Liaoshen Campaign Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road Battle of Nanking Battle of Lanfeng Battle of Kunlun Pass Battle of Jinzhou Burma Campaign 1944–1945 Campaign to Defend Siping
military command	New 22nd Division New 6th Army Chinese Army in India 9th Army Group