Key foreign figures in Long March

From: China Daily | Date: October 21, 2006| Author: Wang Zhuoqiong | Copyright information

Otto Braun (1900-74) was a German military consultant assigned to China in 1932 by the Comintern, the Soviet Union's policy-maker for branches of the Communist Party in other countries.

Braun, a graduate of the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, had a Chinese name, Li De.

China's dedication to the Comintern at the beginning was almost unquestioned, and Braun exercised supreme military authority. But his tactics were unyielding, and the Red Army's numbers slumped from 8...

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