He Bingyan | |
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贺炳炎 | |
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region | |
In office May 1955 – 1 July 1960 | |
Chairman | Mao Zedong |
Succeeded by | Huang Xinting |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 February 1913 Yidu, Hubei Province, China |
Died | July 1, 1960 Chengdu, China | (aged 47)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Awards | Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (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 service | 1930–1922 |
Rank | General |
Commands | Commander of the Shenyang Military Region |
Battles/wars | Second 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]