88th Division (National Revolutionary Army)

88th Division
88th Division
	The 88th Division fighting during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai.
Active	1932–1949
Country	Republic of China
Branch	National Revolutionary Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Anti-aircraft warfare; Anti-tank warfare; Artillery observer; Close-quarters combat; Combined arms; Direct fire; Fire support; Indirect fire; Jungle warfare; Military communications; Military engineering; Military logistics; Raiding; Reconnaissance; Screening; Urban warfare
Size	14,000
Nicknames	Tiger Division; Steel Division; Chiang's Fist
Patron	Alexander von Falkenhausen
Colors	Blue and White
Engagements	January 28 incident; Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Shanghai; Battle of Nanjing; Battle of Lanfeng; Battle of Wuhan Battle of Fujin Mountain; ; Battle of South Shanxi (1940); Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; Chinese Civil War Battle of Siping; Battle of Benxi; Siping Campaign; Battle of Jinzhou; Guangxi Campaign;
Decorations	Presidential Unit Citation; Flying Tiger Flag
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	Chiang Kai-shek
Notable; commanders	Sun Yuanliang; Yu Jishi; Xie Jinyuan
Insignia
Divisional Arm badge

The 88th Division (traditional Chinese: 第八十八師; simplified Chinese: 第八十八师; pinyin: Dì Bāshíbā Shī; Wade–Giles: Ti Pa-shih-pa Shih) was one of the eight fully German-trained and reorganized elite infantry division units in the Chinese National Revolutionary Army (NRA).