The Generals of WWII
Generals from China
Ye Jianying
Marshal
* 1896
† 1986
(叶剑英)
Promotions
| 1955-XX-XX | Marshal (PLA) |
Service
| 1924-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 2nd Division, Guangdong Army | ||
| 1924-XX-XX | Deputy Chief of Instruction Department, Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy | ||
| 1925-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Instruction Regiment | ||
| 1926-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 1st Army | ||
| 1926-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd New Division | ||
| 1927-XX-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief Red Army, Guangzhou | ||
| 1931-XX-XX | Chief of the General Staff, Red Army, Chinese Soviet Republic | ||
| 1934-XX-XX | Commander, 1st Column, Red Army | ||
| 1935-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 3rd Army Corps, Red Army | ||
| 1936-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, Front Command Headquarters, Red Army | ||
| 1937-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, 18th (Communist) Army Group |
| 1947-XX-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff, Central Military Commission | ||
| 1948-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, People's Liberation Army | ||
| 1949-XX-XX | Mayor of Beijing | ||
| 1949-XX-XX | Vice-Chairman, Central Southern Military Administration Commission | ||
| 1950-XX-XX | Chairman of Guangdong Provincial Government | ||
| 1954-XX-XX | Vice-Chairman, National Defence Commission | ||
| 1958-XX-XX | President & Political Commissar, Military Science Academy | ||
| 1966-XX-XX | Member of the Standing Committee, Central Political Bureau | ||
| 1975-XX-XX | – | 1978-XX-XX | Minister of Defence |
| 1977-XX-XX | Vice-Chairman of the Communist Party | ||
| 1977-XX-XX | Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission | ||
| 1978-XX-XX | Chairman of Standing Committee, National People's Congress | ||
| 1985-XX-XX | Retired from all posts |
Picture source: Courtesy of Jon Zhou