Zhang Fakui
Chang Fat-kwei | |||||||||||||||
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張發奎 | |||||||||||||||
Chang on the cover of The Young Companion, June 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army | |||||||||||||||
| In office 9 February 1949 – 26 June 1949 | |||||||||||||||
| President | Li Zongren | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yu Hanmou | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gu Zhutong | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1896 Shixing County, Guangdong, Qing Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 March 1980 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of the British Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Hero of the Iron Army | ||||||||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||||||||
| Allegiance | Republic of China | ||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1912–1949 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | General | ||||||||||||||
| Unit | 4th corps | ||||||||||||||
| Commands | 4th corps, Commander in Chief 8th Army Group, Commander in Chief 4th War Area | ||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition, Nanchang Uprising, Guangzhou Uprising, Central Plains War, Anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張發奎 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张发奎 | ||||||||||||||
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Chang Fat-kwei CBE (Chinese: 張發奎; Wade–Giles: Chang Fa-kuei; 2 September 1896 – 10 March 1980) was a Chinese Nationalist general who fought against northern warlords, the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces in his military career. He served as commander-in-chief of the 8th Army Group and commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army ground force before retiring in Hong Kong in 1949.