The 81st Group Army (),
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31675, formerly the 65th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
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(PLAGF). The 81st Group Army is one of thirteen total
group armies
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of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the
People's Republic of China
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, and one of three assigned to the nation's
Central Theater Command
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The International Inst ...
.
History
The 65th Group Army traces its lineage to its original incarnation, the 5th Column of the North China Field Army established sometime around 1946. It was initially composed of three brigades, the 13th, 14th, and 15th. In 1949 the unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 65th Army under the command of Hsiao Ying-t'ang. In 1949 the 65th Army was composed of the
193rd,
194th and
195th Divisions.
The 65th Army was deployed to Korea in 1951. Following the
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
the 65th Army was redeployed to
Hebei
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in 1953.
In October 1960, the 195th Army Division, except its 575th Artillery Regiment, were transferred to the Engineer Troops and reorganized as 102nd Engineer District Command.
Formed in 1969, the
195th Division (Second Formation) was disbanded in 1985.
In May 1989, the 65th Army’s 193rd and 194th Infantry Divisions along with the 3rd Reserved Division were deployed to
Beijing
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to
enforce martial law and suppress the
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between t ...
.
[Based on Wu Renhua's study. (Chines]
Wu Renhua, "进京的戒严部队和进京路线" 《1989天安门事件二十周年祭》系列之十二
Accessed 2013-06-29
In 2002, the formation's ID number was changed from 50156 to 66455.
Organization
The 81st Group Army is composed of:
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* 81st Special Operations Brigade
* 81st Army Aviation Brigade
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* 81st Air Defense Brigade
* 81st Engineering and Chemical Defense Brigade
* 81st Service Support Brigade
See also
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Chinese People's Volunteer Army order of battle
This is the order of battle for Chinese People's Volunteer Army during major periods of hostilities in the Korean War. After the People's Republic of China entered the Korean War in October 1950 by designating the People's Liberation Army (PLA) N ...
References
{{Corps and Armies of the People's Liberation Army
Field armies of the People's Liberation Army
Military units and formations established in 1949
Military of Zhangjiakou
Beijing Military Region