He Bingyan

He Bingyan
贺炳炎
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
In office
May 1955 – 1 July 1960
ChairmanMao Zedong
Succeeded byHuang Xinting
Personal details
Born5 February 1913
Yidu, Hubei Province, China
DiedJuly 1, 1960(1960-07-01) (aged 47)
Chengdu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Awards Order of Bayi (First Class)

Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class)

Order of Liberation (China) (First Class)
Nickname“One-armed General”
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army
Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Years of service1930–1922
Rank General
CommandsCommander of the Shenyang Military Region
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War, Battle of Pingxingguan, Chinese Civil War, Korean War

He Bingyan (Chinese: 贺炳炎; pinyin: Hè Bǐngyán; 5 February 1913 – 1 July 1960) was a colonel general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei. He was known as the “one-armed General (独臂将军)” for his injuries suffered during the Long March.[1]

  1. ^ ""独臂将军"贺炳炎、余秋里曾如何带出"天下第一军"--党史频道-人民网". dangshi.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-11-07.

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