Xue Yue[a] (December 26, 1896 – May 3, 1998) was a Chinese Nationalist military general, nicknamed the " Patton of Asia" by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers. [1] Former residence of Xue Yue in Nanjing. Born to a peasant family in Shaoguan, Guangdong, Xue joined the Tongmenghui in 1909.

Summary: General Hsueh Yueh, Commander in Chief of the 9th War Zone, who enjoys a reputation among Chinese as an implacable and successful anti-Japanese warrior, has informed an American Consular officer that his troops are prepared to repel any Japanese thrust against the War Zone, that their physical condition and morale are excellent, and ...

Hsueh Yueh (Xue Yue) was a Paoting graduate and former Whampoa instructor who had led the Kuomintang pursuit during the Long March. He held back the Japanese advance in the mountains south of the Yangtze in 1938.

This is a brief biographical sketch of the military career of General 1st Rank Xue Yue. He was a general during World War Two.

Jan 25, 2020 · The defense of East China rested in the hands of General Hsueh Yueh, who delighted in the name of Tiger of Changsha. ... His reputation as a successful leader rested on three previous campaigns, in each of which he had frustrated a Japanese attack on Changsha.

Hsueh Yueh (17 December 1896-), Nationalist military commander who was known for his pursuit of the Communist Long March forces in 1935 and for his brilliant defense of Changsha (1939; and Ch'angte (1943; against the Japanese.

Behind a thin shield of gunboats and planes, Nationalist General Hsueh Yueh had tried to pull together Hainan’s army of 160,000, mostly remnants of the south China retreat.

Tiny, thin-faced General Hsueh Yueh is known as China’s Little Tiger. Thrice he clawed the Japanese at Changsha in 1941. Now, on tropical Hainan, the Little Tiger watches the weather with a ...

Feb 15, 2006 · 79seconds: Do you perhaps any biographical information for Lieutenant-General KAN LI-CHU (Commander of the 6th Army in Burma 1942) and Lieutenant-General LU KUO CH'UAN (Commander of the 93rd Kuomintang Division in Burma 1942)?

Summary: During the five-year term of office of General Hsueh Yueh as Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, he has shown little military or administrative ability. He has made little effort to impede the three relatively peaceful Japanese occupations of Changsha, and for the past year-and-a-half his troops seem to have maintained some ...