The Generals of WWII
Generals from China
Chen Cheng
General 1st Rank
* 4th of January 1897
† 5th of March 1965
(陈诚)
Promotions
| 1935-04-04 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1936-09-26 | General |
| 1939-05-02 | General 2nd Rank |
| 1947-02-21 | General 1st Rank |
Service
| 1925-XX-XX | – | 1926-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Artillery Battalion |
| 1926-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Specialties Group, Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy | ||
| 1926-07-XX | – | 1926-XX-XX | Staff Officer, National Revolutionary Army Headquarters |
| 1926-XX-XX | – | 1926-12-XX | Commanding Officer 3rd Regiment, 1st Replacement Division |
| 1926-12-XX | – | 1927-04-XX | Commanding Officer 63rd Regiment, 21st Division |
| 1927-04-XX | – | 1927-07-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer 21st Division |
| 1927-07-XX | – | 1927-10-XX | Commanding Officer 21st Division, 1st Army |
| 1927-10-XX | – | 1928-03-XX | Deputy Chief of Military Administration Bureau, Military Commission |
| 1928-03-XX | – | 1928-08-XX | Commanding Officer of Guards, National Revolutionary Army Headquarters |
| 1928-03-XX | – | 1928-08-XX | Commanding Officer of Artillery, 1st Army Group |
| 1928-08-XX | – | 1929-08-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer 11th Division |
| 1929-08-XX | – | 1931-01-XX | Commanding Officer 11th Division |
| 1930-04-XX | – | 1930-08-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer 2nd Army |
| 1930-08-XX | – | 1933-10-XX | Commanding Officer 18th Army |
| 1931-01-XX | – | 1931-09-XX | Commanding Officer 14th Division, 18th Army |
| 1933-01-XX | – | 1933-05-XX | Commanding Officer Central Route Army, Bandit-Suppression Army |
| 1933-07-XX | – | 1933-09-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer Lushan Officers’ Training Corps |
| 1933-09-XX | – | 1934-10-XX | Commander in Chief 3rd Route, Northern Route Bandit-Extermination Army |
| 1934-10-XX | – | 1935-03-XX | Commander in Chief, Reserve Army, Bandit-Suppression Army |
| 1935-03-XX | – | 1935-09-XX | Director of Army Reorganization Department, Wuchang Field Headquarters, Army Commission |
| 1935-09-XX | – | 1936-03-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer Mount Emei Officers’ Training Corps |
| 1936-03-XX | – | 1936-06-XX | Commander in Chief 1st Route Army, Bandit-Suppression Army |
| 1936-06-XX | – | 1936-09-XX | Commander in Chief 3rd Route Army |
| 1936-09-XX | – | 1936-11-XX | Chief of Staff, Guangzhou Field Headquarters |
| 1936-12-02 | – | 1938-01-27 | Assistant Minister for General Duties, Military Administration Department |
| 1937-01-XX | – | 1937-07-XX | Commander in Chief 4th Army Group |
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1937-12-XX | Commander in Chief 15th Army Group |
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1937-12-XX | Commander in Chief Left Wing, 3rd War Area |
| 1937-12-XX | – | 1938-01-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief 7th War Area |
| 1938-01-XX | – | 1939-09-XX | Commanding in Chief Wuhan Defense Command |
| 1938-01-12 | – | 1940-08-31 | Chief of Political Department, Military Commission |
| 1938-06-14 | – | 1939-10-02 | Commander in Chief 9th War Area |
| 1939-10-02 | – | 1940-04-XX | Commander in Chief 6th War Area |
| 1940-07-01 | – | 1943-02-XX | Commander in Chief 6th War Area |
| 1940-09-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Chairman of Hubei Provincial Government |
| 1943-02-XX | – | 1944-07-XX | Commanding Officer Expeditionary Army (Y-Force) [Burma] |
| 1944-07-XX | – | 1944-11-XX | Commander in Chief 1st War Area |
| 1944-07-XX | – | 1944-11-XX | Commander in Chief Hebei-Chahar War Area |
| 1944-11-20 | – | 1946-05-31 | Chief of Military Administration Department |
| 1946-05-31 | – | 1948-08-05 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1946-05-31 | – | 1948-05-13 | Commander in Chief of the Navy |
| 1947-07-30 | – | 1948-05-13 | Director of Northeastern Field Headquarters |
| 1949-01-05 | – | 1949-12-21 | Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government |
| 1949-01-05 | – | 1949-12-21 | Commander in Chief Taiwan Garrison Command |
| 1950-03-07 | – | 1954-06-07 | President of the Executive Yuan, Republic of China |
| 1957-10-23 | – | 1965-03-05 | Vice-Chairman of the Nationalist Party |
| 1958-06-30 | – | 1963-12-15 | President of the Executive Yuan, Republic of China |
| 1960-03-12 | – | 1965-03-05 | Vice-President of the Republic of China |
Picture source: Courtesy of Jon Zhou