Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Zhu De

Battles of Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886－1976)

Zhu De is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1935 and 1940: 5 battles, all in present-day People's Republic of China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,753 km apart end to end, 438 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Sino-Japanese War (4).

Battle of Chishui RiverBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanHundred Regiments OffensiveBattle of Chishui RiverBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanHundred Regiments OffensiveChengduWuhanChongqingXianNanjingZiboHangzhouJinanZhengzhouChangsha1000 km34.074N, 111.071E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1935: 1 engagements1937: 3 engagements3 in 19371940: 1 engagements19351940
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chishui River, 1935Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Hundred Regiments Offensive, 194019351940
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1935Battle of Chishui RiverChinaCommunist forces manage to maneuver out of the...
1 September 1937Battle of TaiyuanTaiyuan, People's Republic of China1,183 km NEJapanese victory
13 September 1937Battle of XinkouNiangzi Pass, People's Republic of China51 km WJapanese victory
24 September 1937Battle of PingxingguanPingxing Pass, People's Republic of China227 km NEJapanese victory
20 August 1940Hundred Regiments OffensiveNorth China, China293 km SEChinese 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, anonymous (Gov), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.