Liu Ruming, Liu Ju-ming, 刘汝明; 12 May 1895 – 28 April 1975) was a ROC Army general during the

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and

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Overview

Born in

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, he became an important military officer in

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's Northwestern Army. After the 1930

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he took the post of 29th Army Deputy commander. He became chairman of the government of

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in June 1936, holding it until October 1938. In July 1937 he was commander of the 143rd Division, at the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Later during

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he commanded the defense of the provincial capital of

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with the 7th Army Group Detachment as the Deputy commander of 7th Army in addition to command of his division. From then on he commanded the 68th Corps in the later phase of the Peiping – Hankow Railway Operation, and during many of the important battles in the war, the

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, Battle of South Henan. During the

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, at the time of the Battle of West Henan-North Hubei in 1945 he was in command of the Western Henan Garrison and Western Henan Forces, the 2nd Army Group. During the

in 1948, he was in command of 8th Army in the disastrous Huaihai Campaign. His army tried but failed to relieve other trapped forces in the battle. In 1949 he moved to

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along with the Nationalist government. In 1952 he retired, and he died on April 28, 1975, in

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Sources

* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
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* Perleberg, Max, "Who's Who in Modern China" Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd., 1954 {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Ruming 1895 births 1975 deaths National Revolutionary Army generals from Hebei Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun People from Cangzhou People of the Central Plains War People of the Chinese Civil War