National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army

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field army military unit

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.

Aliases (4)

Eighth Route Army ×6
8th Route Army ×1
Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army system ×1
八路军 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army → military unit →
activeDuring	1937–1945 →
allegiance	Chinese Communist Party →
alsoKnownAs	8th Route Army → Ba Lu Jun → Eighth Route Army →
areaOfOperations	Hebei → Henan → North China → Shandong → Shanxi →
commander	Zhu De →
commandStructure	United Front with Kuomintang →
conflict	Chinese Civil War → 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 base area →
ideology	Chinese communism →
languageOfNativeName	Chinese →
militaryBranch	ground forces →
nativeName	八路军 →
notableLeader	He Long → Lin Biao → Liu Bocheng → Nie Rongzhen →
operatedUnder	nominal Nationalist command →
opponent	Empire of Japan → Imperial Japanese Army → collaborationist Chinese forces →
partOf	National Revolutionary Army →
politicalCommissar	Mao Zedong →
primaryObjective	resistance against Japanese invasion →
realControlBy	Chinese Communist Party Central Committee →
reorganizedAs	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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ("Eighth Route Army") → National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ("8th Route Army") →	alsoKnownAs
Liu Bocheng ("Eighth Route Army") →	allegiance
On Protracted War ("Eighth Route Army") →	associatedWith
People's Liberation Army ("Eighth Route Army") →	formerName
National Revolutionary Army →	hasPart
Teng Daiyuan ("Eighth Route Army") →	militaryBranch
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region ("Eighth Route Army") →	militaryForce
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ("八路军") →	nativeName
New Fourth Army ("Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army system") →	partOf