The Generals of WWII
Generals from China
Chen Geng
Colonel-General
* 27th of February 1903
† 16th of March 1961
(陈赓)
Promotions
| 1937-08-25 | Major-General (Post rank) |
| 1955-09-27 | Colonel-General (People’s Liberation Army) |
Service
| 1927-03-XX | – | 1927-07-15 | Commanding Officer Special Duties Battalion, 2nd Front Army, National Revolutionary Army |
| 1927-08-01 | – | 1927-10-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, 3rd Division, 2nd Red Army |
| 1927-10-XX | – | 1931-09-XX | Working underground for Communist Central Special Operations Unit |
| 1931-10-XX | – | 1931-11-07 | Commanding Officer 318th Regiment, 13th Division, 4th Red Army |
| 1931-11-07 | – | 1932-09-XX | Commanding Officer 12th Division, 4th Front Red Army |
| 1932-09-XX | – | 1932-10-XX | Chief of Staff, 4th Front Red Army |
| 1933-05-XX | – | 1934-10-XX | Superintendent of 1st Red Army Infantry School, Central Soviet Zone |
| 1934-10-XX | – | 1935-08-XX | Commanding Officer Cadre Regiment, Red Army |
| 1935-09-XX | – | 1935-10-19 | Commanding Officer 13th Group, Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment |
| 1935-10-19 | – | 1935-12-XX | Commanding Officer 13th Regiment, Red Army |
| 1935-12-XX | – | 1937-02-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Division, Red Army |
| 1937-02-XX | – | 1937-07-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Group, Red Army College |
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1937-08-25 | Attached to 311th Red Army |
| 1937-08-25 | – | 1937-09-11 | Commanding Officer 386th Brigade, 129th Division, 8th Route Army, National Revolutionary Army |
| 1937-09-11 | – | 1943-11-XX | Commanding Officer 386th Brigade, 129th Division, 18th Army Group, National Revolutionary Army |
| 1940-05-XX | – | 1943-11-XX | Commanding Officer Taiyue Military Area |
| 1943-12-XX | – | Attending the Central Party School | |
| 1945-04-XX | – | Alternate Member of Central Committee, Communist Party | |
| 1945-09-07 | – | 1945-10-17 | Commanding Officer Taiyue Column |
| 1945-10-17 | – | 1949-02-07 | Commanding Officer 4th Column, Shanxi-Shandong-Hebei-Henan Military Area |
| 1947-07-13 | – | 1949-02-07 | Commanding Officer Chen Geng Army Corps |
| 1949-02-07 | – | 1950-02-XX | Commanding Officer 4th Army Corps, 2nd Field Army |
| 1950-02-22 | – | 1951-04-XX | Deputy Commanding Officer Southwestern Military Region |
| 1950-03-XX | – | 1951-04-XX | Chairman of Yunnan People’s Provincial Government |
| 1951-04-25 | – | 1952-06-16 | Commanding Officer and Political Commissar 3rd Army Corps |
| 1951-06-08 | – | 1952-06-13 | Deputy Commanding Officer Chinese People’s Volunteer Army [Korea] |
| 1952-07-08 | – | Designated Superintendent of Military Engineering Academy | |
| 1952-09-01 | – | 1953-09-01 | Director of Planning Commission, Military Engineering Academy |
| 1953-09-01 | – | 1961-03-16 | Superintendent of Military Engineering Academy |
| 1954-11-XX | – | 1959-10-XX | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1956-09-XX | – | 1961-03-16 | Member of Central Committee, Communist Party |
| 1959-09-16 | – | 1961-03-16 | Deputy Minister of National Defense |
| 1959-09-26 | – | 1961-03-16 | Member, Central Military Commission |
Picture source: Courtesy of Jon Zhou