Peng Dehuai

Also known as Dehuai Peng, Peng Te-huai, Pengdehuai, Peng De Huai, Paahng Dakwaaih, Paang Dak-waai

Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

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Premier: Zhou Enlai
Preceded by: Position established
Succeeded by: Lin Biao
Born: 彭清宗 ( Péng Qīngzōng ) , ( 1898-10-24 ) October 24, 1898, Shixiang, Xiangtan County , Hunan, China
Died: November 29, 1974 (1974-11-29) (aged 76), Beijing, People's Republic of China
Party: Chinese Communist Party (1928–1959)
Alma mater: Hunan Military Academy [ zh ]
Occupation: General politician author
Nicknames: 彭老总 ( Péng Lǎozǒng , "Old Chief Peng") 红军之狮 ( Hóng jūn zhī shī , "The Lion of the Red Army") 彭大将军 (" Grand General Peng", addressed by Mao Zedong in his famous poem)
Allegiance: Republic of China , People's Republic of China
Branch service: People's Liberation Army Ground Force People's Volunteer Army Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army National Revolutionary Army Hunan clique
Years of service: 1916–1959
Rank: Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant General (NRA)
Commands: Commander, Third Corps, Chinese Red Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Eighth Route Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief, People's Liberation Army Commander and Political Commissar , People's Volunteer Army
Battles wars: Northern Expedition Chinese Civil War Encirclement campaigns Long March Second Sino-Japanese War Hundred Regiments Offensive Korean War Battle of Unsan Battle of Onjong Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Third Battle of Seoul
Awards: Hero of the Republic (North Korea, 1953) Order of August 1 (First Class Medal) (China, 1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal) (China, 1955) Order of Liberation (First Class Medal) (China, 1955)
Simplified chinese: 彭德怀
Traditional chinese: 彭德懷

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Instance of: human
Family name: Peng
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of China
Place of birth: Xiangtan County
Place of death: Beijing
Occupation: military officer
Position held: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Political party: Chinese Communist Party
Languages spoken: Chinese
Native language: Chinese
Award: Order of the National Flag
Field of work: Second Sino-Japanese War
Conflict: Second Sino-Japanese War
Military branch: People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Military rank: general
Image: General Peng Dehuai.jpg

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name in native language: 彭德懷
place of burial: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Commons category: Peng Dehuai
date of birth: 1898-10-24
date of death: 1974-11-29
medical condition: tuberculosis
Commons gallery: 彭德怀
cause of death: tuberculosis
topic's main category: Category:Peng Dehuai
allegiance: China
start of work period: 1916-00-00
commander of (DEPRECATED): People's Volunteer Army
courtesy name: 得华
manner of death: natural causes
end of work period: 1959-00-00

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Peng Dehuai (October 24, 1898 – November 29, 1974; also spelled as Peng Teh-Huai) was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959.

Born into a poor peasant family, Peng received several years of primary education before his family's poverty forced him to suspend his education at the age of ten, and to work for several years as a manual laborer. When he was sixteen, Peng became a professional soldier. Over the next ten years Peng served in the armies of several Hunan-based warlord armies, raising himself from the rank of private second class to major. In 1926, Peng's forces joined the Kuomintang, and Peng also got introduced to communism during this time. Peng participated in the Northern Expedition, and supported Wang Jingwei's attempt to form a left-leaning Kuomintang government based in Wuhan. After Wang was defeated, Peng briefly rejoined Chiang Kai-shek's forces before joining the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), allying himself with Mao Zedong and Zhu De.

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