Peng Dehuai
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Peng Dehuai was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959.
Peng in his Marshal uniform, 1955
Former Residence of Peng Dehuai in the town of Wushi
By his mid-thirties, Peng was one of the most senior generals in the Jiangxi Soviet (1934–1935).
Peng Dehuai commanded the largest communist offensive in the war against Japan.
Lin Biao
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Lin Biao was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of the Manchurian Field
Peng Dehuai
…Peng was one of the most senior generals who defended the Jiangxi Soviet from Chiang's attempts to capture it, and his successes were rivaled only by Lin Biao. Peng participated in the Long March, and supported Mao Zedong at the Zunyi Conference, which was critical for Mao's rise to power. During the 1937–1945…
Official portrait, 1955
Lin Biao in Kuomintang uniform, 1944
Lin Biao with wife Ye Qun and their children
Lin with Zhou Enlai in National Revolutionary Army uniforms (1943)