Wang Yaowu

Wang Yaowu (Chinese: 王耀武; pinyin: Wáng Yàowŭ, 1904–1968) was a high-ranking KMT general and the Governor of Shandong Province who successfully fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese Communists. In September 1948 Communist forces launched the Battle of Jinan and Wang was captured and held as a prisoner of war until his pardon in 1959. During the Cultural Revolution he came under attack by the Red Guards for being a former nationalist commander and died of a heart attack in 1968.

Read more about Wang Yaowu:  Early Life and Career, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, Later Life and Death