National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army

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The National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army was a major Chinese Communist military force that fought under nominal Nationalist command against Japanese invaders during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army
military unit
activeDuring 1937–1945
allegiance Chinese Communist Party
alsoKnownAs National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: 8th Route Army

Ba Lu Jun
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
areaOfOperations Hebei
Henan Province
surface form: Henan

North China
Shandong
Shanxi Province
surface form: Shanxi
commander Zhu De
commandStructure Second United Front
surface form: United Front with Kuomintang
conflict Chinese Civil War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country Republic of China
dateOfEngagement 1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive)
deputyCommander Peng Dehuai
endTime 1945
engagement Hundred Regiments Offensive
guerrilla warfare behind Japanese lines
mobile warfare
formedAs Red Army units reorganized into National Revolutionary Army
garrison Yan'an
surface form: Yan'an base area
ideology Chinese communism
languageOfNativeName Chinese
militaryBranch ground forces
nativeName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: 八路军
notableLeader He Long
Lin Biao
Liu Bocheng
Nie Rongzhen
operatedUnder nominal Nationalist command
opponent Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army
collaborationist Chinese forces
partOf National Revolutionary Army
politicalCommissar Mao Zedong
primaryObjective resistance against Japanese invasion
realControlBy Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
reorganizedAs People's Liberation Army
surface form: People's Liberation Army field forces
role major Chinese Communist military force
secondaryObjective expansion of Communist base areas in North China
startTime 1937
status nominally part of Nationalist forces
subordinateUnit 115th Division
120th Division
129th Division

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National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) hasPart National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
On Protracted War associatedWith National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
People's Liberation Army formerName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
New Fourth Army partOf National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army system
Liu Bocheng allegiance National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region militaryForce National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army alsoKnownAs National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army alsoKnownAs National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: 8th Route Army
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army nativeName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 八路军
Teng Daiyuan militaryBranch National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Chinese Red Army mergedInto National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
“Confucius General” militaryAllegiance National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
subject surface form: Liu Bocheng
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Ba Lu Jun hasChineseName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: 八路军
Ba Lu Jun hasEnglishName National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Ba Lu Jun alsoKnownAs National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army
Ba Lu Jun nameMeaning National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
115th Division partOf National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
1940 (Hundred Regiments Offensive) organizedBy National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
subject surface form: 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
120th Division partOf National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
129th Division partOf National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Hundred Regiments Offensive organizedBy National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Hundred Regiments Offensive forceInvolved National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army 115th Division
Hundred Regiments Offensive forceInvolved National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army 120th Division
Nie Rongzhen militaryBranch National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
Battle of Pingxingguan belligerent National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army
新四军 alliedWith National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: 八路军
Su Yu militaryBranch National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
this entity surface form: Eighth Route Army