COMMANDER // 1879–1963
Pang Bingxun
Lifespan
1879 – 1963
Active service 1938 — 2 battles across 1 war; first command at age 59.
Profile
Pang Bingxun was a high-ranking nationalist military commander who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist Army. He stopped the IJA 5th Division led by General Seishirō Itagaki, one of the principal architects of the 1931 Manchurian incident, from capturing Linyi and converging with General Rensuke Isogai's IJA 10th Division at Tai'erzhuang District, foiling their plan to assault Xuzhou.
Battles (2)
1938
1938