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Also Known As Chu Teh
Born December 1, 1886 • China
Died July 6, 1976 (aged 89) • Beijing • China
Political Affiliation Chinese Communist Party
Role In Chinese Civil War • Long March • Second Sino-Japanese War • World War II
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese statesman
Chen Yi
Chen Yi
Chinese military leader
Ye Ting
Chinese military leader
Albert Coady Wedemeyer
United States general and statesman
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Ye Jianying
Chinese politician
Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai
Chinese military leader
Claire L. Chennault.
Claire L. Chennault
United States general
Stilwell, Joseph W.
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States general
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
premier of China
Deng Yingchao
Chinese politician
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
president of Yugoslavia
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister

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