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COMMANDER // 1883–1960

Yan Xishan

generalQing dynastyChina4 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1883 – 1960

18901900191019201930194019501960Chinese Civil War · 1927-1950Second Sino-Japanese War · 1937-1945Northern Expedition — December 29, 1928 · Nationalist government · Chinese Civil WarBattle of Pingxingguan — September 24, 1937 · Republic of China · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Taiyuan — September 1, 1937 · China · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Xinkou — September 13, 1937 · China · Second Sino-Japanese War

Active service 1928–1937 — 4 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 45.

Profile

Yan Xishan was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China from June 1949 to March 1950 as its last premier in mainland China and first premier in Taiwan. He effectively controlled the province of Shanxi from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the 1949 Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. He maintained an ambivalent attitude towards the Communists until 1939, and participated in the Second United Front against the Japanese from 1937. He subsequently negotiated with the Japanese from 1940 to 1943, and allied himself with the Japanese against the Communists from 1944 until fleeing Shanxi in 1949. The resistance of his well-armed forces in Taiyuan posed a major obstacle to Communist victory in the Civil War.

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Battles (4)

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