Ba Lu Jun

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Ba Lu Jun is the Chinese name for the Eighth Route Army, a major Communist-led force that fought against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Ba Lu Jun canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Communist military force
field army
military unit
activeFrom 1937
activeUntil 1945
allegiance Chinese Communist Party
alsoKnownAs National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army
associatedWithLeader Mao Zedong
commander Zhu De
conflict Chinese Civil War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country Republic of China
engagedIn establishment of base areas behind enemy lines
mass mobilization of peasants
flagDescription red flag with yellow star and "八路军" characters
formedFrom Chinese Red Army
surface form: Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
hasChineseName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: 八路军
hasEnglishName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
hasPinyinName Ba Lu Jun self-link
headquartersLocation Yan'an
ideology Chinese communism
Marxism–Leninism
languageOfName Chinese
laterOpponent Central Army of the Kuomintang
surface form: Kuomintang forces
legalStatusDuringWar nominally part of National Revolutionary Army
nameMeaning National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
notableCommander He Long
Lin Biao
Liu Bocheng
Nie Rongzhen
Xu Xiangqian
operationalArea Hebei
Henan Province
surface form: Henan

North China
Shandong
Shanxi Province
surface form: Shanxi
partOf National Revolutionary Army
politicalCommissar Peng Dehuai
primaryOpponent Imperial Japanese Army
recognizedBy Nationalist Government of China
surface form: Nationalist government of China
reorganizedAs People's Liberation Army
role guerrilla warfare
mobile warfare
resistance against Japanese invasion
secondaryOpponent collaborationist Chinese forces
sizeAtPeak hundreds of thousands of soldiers
subordinateTo Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China
surface form: Military Commission of the Communist Party of China
usedTactics people's war

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