Zhang Zizhong

Not to be confused with fellow general Zhang Zhizhong.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhāng Zìzhōng (Traditional Chinese: 張自忠, Simplified Chinese: 张自忠; Wade-Giles Chang Tzu-chung) (1891-May 16, 1940) was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in Linqing in Shandong province, he was the highest-ranked officer and the only Army group commander of the NRA to die in the war. Because of his posthumous promotion, he was also the highest-ranked Allied officer that was KIA in World War II. His mausoleum is situated in Beibei District, Chongqing. There are roads named after him in Shanghai and Beijing.

Career

• 1911 Studied law in Tianjin
• 1914 Assigned to the 20th Army Division near Fengtian (present day Shenyang) as platoon leader
• 1935 - 1936 Chairman of the Government of Charhar Province
• 1937 Mayor of Tianjin
• 1937 General Officer Commanding 38th Division
• 1937 - 1940 General Officer Commanding LIX Corps
• 1938 General Officer Commanding 27th Army
• 1939 Commander in Chief Right Flank Army 5th War Area
• 1939 - 1940 Commander in Chief 33rd Army Group
• 1940 Killed in Action at Changshan mountain near Yichang in Hubei Province
• 1940 - Posthumous promotion to Full General

Further reading

• Arthur Waldron. "China's New Remembering of World War II: The Case of Zhang Zizhong". Modern Asian Studies 30, 4 (1996): 945-978.

See also

• Military history of China
• History of the Republic of China
• Kuomintang
• Second Sino-Japanese War
• World War II
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Tai'erzhuang
• Battle of Wuhan

External links

• A memorial site in (Simplified Chinese) for Zhang Zizhong

• A commemorative site in English for Zhang Zizhongid:Zhang Zizhong