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Lin Biao

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Lin Biao or Lin Piao , 1908-71, Chinese Communist general and political leader. Lin was trained at Whampoa Academy, and during the Northern Expedition he rose to company commander in the Kuomintang army. After the Kuomintang-Communist split in 1927, he became one of Zhu De 's leading military aides. His skill as a tactician earned him the command of a Red Army corps, and after the long march , he headed the Red Academy at Yan'an. In 1947-48 he commanded the Communist military offensive in the northeast against Chiang Kai-shek. Lin was appointed defense minister of the people's... Read more
Lin Biao
Lin Biao (or Lin Piao) (1908–71) Chinese Communist statesman and general. After joining...Mao's successor (1969). Having staged an unsuccessful coup in 1971, Lin Biao was reported to have been killed in an aeroplane crash while fleeing to... Read more
Lin Biao
Lin Biao (1907–71) Chinese communist general and political leader. He defeated Chiang Kai-shek in Manchuria (1948), thus helping to secure the victory of the communists in 1949. Lin was a leader of the Cultural Revolution (1966–69), and compiled the book of quotations from Mao Zedong known as ... Read more

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