Zhao Shangzhi (simplified Chinese: 赵尚志; traditional Chinese: 趙尚志; pinyin: Zhào Shàngzhì; 26 October 1908 –12 February 1942) was a Chinese military commander. Born into a peasant-turned-intellectual family in Chaoyang, Liaoning, he participated in the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the same year.[1] In November 1925, he went to study in the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou.
Zhao Shangzhi | |
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| Born | 26 October 1908 Chaoyang, Zhili, Qing Dynasty (now Chaoyang, Liaoning, China) |
| Died | 12 February 1942 (aged 33) Luobei County, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo (now Hegang, Heilongjiang, China) |
| Allegiance |  Chinese Communist Party |
| Service/ | Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army |
| Commands | Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War † |
After 18 September 1932 he took the charge of the CCP Northeast military division. In October 1933, he was in charge of Zhuhe anti-Japan guerrillas, and was promoted to commander of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army in 1934.[2]
On 12 February 1942, he was captured by Japanese military police after being attacked by an agent provocateur, and died later at the age of 34.[citation needed]
The city of Zhuhe, where he fought against the Japanese, was renamed[when?] to Shangzhi in his memory.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Shen, Zhihua (2015-01-02). "On the Eighty-Eighth Brigade and the Sino–Soviet–Korean triangular relationship – A glimpse at the international antifascist united front during the war of resistance against Japan". Journal of Modern Chinese History. 9 (1): 3–25. doi:10.1080/17535654.2015.1030831. ISSN 1753-5654. S2CID 142689460.