Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Hu Lian

Battles of Hu Lian

Chinese general (1907–1977)

Hu Lian is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1952: 5 battles, all in present-day People's Republic of China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,084 km apart end to end, 521 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Chinese Civil War (4), Second Sino-Japanese War (1).

Battle of West HubeiBattle of ShangcaiBattle of GuningtouBattle of Dongshan IslandBattle of Nanri IslandBattle of West HubeiBattle of ShangcaiBattle of GuningtouBattle of Dongshan IslandBattle of Nanri IslandChengduGuangzhouWuhanChongqingXianNanjingGuiyangHangzhouKunmingZhengzhou1000 km28.800N, 115.873E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1 in 19431948: 1 engagements1 in 19481949: 1 engagements1 in 19491950: 1 engagements1 in 19501952: 1 engagements1 in 195219431952
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of West Hubei, 1943Battle of Shangcai, 1948Battle of Guningtou, 1949Battle of Dongshan Island, 1950Battle of Nanri Island, 195219431952
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 May 1943Battle of West HubeiHubei, ChinaChinese victory
1948Battle of ShangcaiPeople's Republic of China541 km NCommunist victory
1949Battle of GuningtouKinmen County, People's Republic of China1,146 km SERepublic of China victory
11 May 1950Battle of Dongshan IslandDongshan County, People's Republic of China125 km SWPeople's Republic of China victory
1952Battle of Nanri IslandPutian, People's Republic of China271 km NERepublic of China victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.