Liao Yaoxiang

Liao Yaoxiang
Liao Yaoxiang
Nicknames	The Jungle Fox, Tiger of China, China's Patton
Born	May 16, 1906; Xinshao County, Hunan, China
Died	December 2, 1968 (aged 62); Beijing, People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Republic of China
Service years	1926–1949
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Second Cavalry Company
Commands	New 22nd Division, New 6th Army, Chinese Army in India, 9th Army Group
Conflicts	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Shanghai; Battle of Nanjing; Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan Battle of Lanfeng; ; Battle of Kunlun Pass; South-East Asian theatre of World War II Burma campaign Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road Battle of Toungoo; ; Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; ; ; Battle of West Hunan; ; Chinese Civil War Campaign to Defend Siping; Battle of Jinzhou; Liaoshen Campaign; ;
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Other work	historian

Liao Yaoxiang (Chinese: 廖耀湘; pinyin: Liào Yàoxiāng; 16 May 1906 – 2 December 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.