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Zhu De was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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politics · Chinese general and politician (1886–1976) · politician · also Zhu De, Chu Teh, Zhu Yujie, Chu Yu-chieh, Zhude, Zhuyujie
Born 1 December 1886 · Died 6 July 1976 · Q22513
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中国日报网: Marshal of People's Liberation Army: Zhu De
Died 1976-07-06.
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When the imprisoned Peng Dehuai was on his death bed, it was reported that his last wish was to see Zhu, which was ultimately denied by his guards
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Zhu was reinstated in the Politburo Standing Committee
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1973–1976).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1959–1976).
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Career landmark: Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1956–1966).
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1956–1969).
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Awarded Order of Liberation 1st Class (1955).
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Awarded Order of Bayi 1st Class (1955).
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Was ranked first among the ten marshals
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Career landmark: Vice President of the People's Republic of China (1954–1959).
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (1949–1955).
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Zhu was named Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
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United States Marine Corps colonel Evans Carlson praised Zhu as "a master of guerilla warfare
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Zhu, alongside Peng Dehuai, devised and organized the Hundred Regiments Offensive
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Won First Class Red Star Medal (1933).
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Zhu was appointed leader of the Red Army in Ruijin by the CCP leadership
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Zhu De and Mao Zedong were forced to flee Jinggangshan to Ruijin following military pressure from Chiang Kai-shek
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When, with the help of Chen Yi and Lin Biao, Zhu defected from Fan Shisheng's protection and marched his army of 10,000 men to Jiangxi and the Jinggang Mountains
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And Zhu began building up his army into the Red Army, consolidating and expanding the Soviet areas of control
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Following the collapse of the First United Front, Kuomintang authorities ordered Zhu to lead a force against Zhou Enlai and Liu Bocheng's Nanchang uprising
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Was already pregnant and later gave birth in a village on the outskirts of Moscow
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After his troops were driven from Sichuan toward the Tibetan border, he returned to Yunnan as a public security commissioner of the provincial government
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Zhu developed a severe opium habit that afflicted him for several years until 1922, when he underwent treatment in Shanghai
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And later changed his name to Zhu Qi (朱琦)
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After giving birth to Zhu's only son, Baozhu
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Born 1886-12-01.
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