Sun Du

Sun Du
Native name	孫渡
Born	(1898-05-05)5 May 1898 Yunnan, China
Died	April 1967 (aged 68) Kunming, People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Republic of China
Branch	National Revolutionary Army
Rank	General
Conflicts	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Wuhan First Battle of Changsha Second Battle of Changsha Third Battle of Changsha Battle of Changsha (1944) Chinese Civil War

Sun Du (traditional Chinese: 孫渡; simplified Chinese: 孙渡; pinyin: Sūn Dù; 5 May 1898 – April 1967) was a Kuomintang general from Yunnan. While being a staff officer, he was appointed to Yunnan's Government Committee in November 1929, along with five others. As of 10 March 1931, he was Long Yun's chief of staff. While the Chinese Red Army's Long March was passing through Yunnan in April and May of 1935, Sun commanded the all-Yunnanese third column that had the task of guarding Kunming against a surprise attack.^[1] From March 1945 until September 1947, he was the commander of the 1st Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

See also

• List of Army Groups of the National Revolutionary Army

References

1. Hall, J. C. S. (1976). The Yunnan provincial faction: 1927 - 1937 (PDF). Canberra: Dept. of Far Eastern History, Australian National University : distributed by Australian National University Press. pp. 69, 75, 173. ISBN 0909524122.