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Hu Zongnan | |
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![]() General Hu Zongnan | |
Native name | 胡宗南 |
Nickname(s) | Eagle of the Northwest[1] |
Born | 16 May 1896 Zhenhai, Zhejiang, Qing Empire |
Died | 14 February 1962 Taipei, Taiwan | (aged 65)
Place of burial | Yangmingshan, Taipei |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 1924–1959 |
Rank | Captain, June 1926 Brigadier general, November 1927 Major general, 1930 Lieutenant general, 1936 General, 1947 |
Unit | First Corps |
Commands | 2nd Regiment, 1st Div, July 1926 1st Division, First Army, May 1927 22nd Division, November 1927 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, April 1928 1st Division (reorg.), 1930 First Army, April 1936 Seventeenth Army, 1938 34th Army Group, 1938 8th Military Region, 1940 1st Military Region, 1944 |
Battles/wars | Northern Expedition Chiang-Gui War Chiang-Feng-Yan War Chinese Civil War (1935-1951) Battle of Shanghai Battle of Wuhan First Taiwan Strait Crisis |
Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of Cloud and Banner |
Other work | Governor of Zhejiang Province |
Hu Zongnan (Chinese: 胡宗南; pinyin: Hú Zōngnán; Wade–Giles: Hu Tsung-nan; 16 May 1896 – 14 February 1962), courtesy name Shoushan (壽山), was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army and then the Republic of China Army. Together with Chen Cheng and Tang Enbo, Hu, a native of Zhenhai, Ningbo, formed the triumvirate of Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted generals during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan in 1949, he also served as the President's military strategy advisor until his death in 1962.