Peng Dehuai

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Chinese Communist revolutionary Chinese military commander Chinese politician People's Liberation Army general human

Peng Dehuai was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and defense minister best known for commanding Chinese forces during the Korean War and later being purged during the Cultural Revolution.

Aliases (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese Communist revolutionary → Chinese military commander → Chinese politician → People's Liberation Army general → human →
alliance	Communist Party of China leadership under Mao Zedong (early PRC period) →
birthDate	1898-10-24 →
birthPlace	Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire →
burialPlace	Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery (memorial association) →
causeOfPoliticalDownfall	Criticism of Great Leap Forward at Lushan Conference →
closeColleagueOf	Mao Zedong → Zhou Enlai →
commanded	Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Korea →
conflict	Chinese Civil War → Korean War → Long March → Northern Expedition → Second Sino-Japanese War →
countryOfCitizenship	China →
deathDate	1974-11-29 →
deathPlace	Beijing, China →
education	self-educated military officer →
fate	persecuted during the Cultural Revolution → purged from leadership in 1959 →
honor	recognized as one of the Ten Marshals of China →
ideology	Communism →
joinedParty	Chinese Communist Party in the 1920s →
legacy	considered a symbol of military professionalism and integrity in PRC historiography →
memberOf	Chinese Communist Party →
militaryBranch	People's Liberation Army →
militaryRank	Marshal of the People's Republic of China →
movement	Chinese Communist Revolution →
name	Peng Dehuai →
nativeName	彭德怀 →
notableEvent	Lushan Conference of 1959 →
notableWork	Command of Chinese forces in the Korean War →
opposed	Great Leap Forward policies →
participatedIn	Nanchang Uprising (indirectly associated with early CCP military actions) →
positionHeld	Chief Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army → Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China → Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission → Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China →
previousOccupation	soldier in the Hunan Army →
rehabilitated	posthumously in the late 1970s →
termEnd	1959 (as Minister of National Defense) →
termStart	1954 (as Minister of National Defense) →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hunan Province → Yan'an →	associatedWithPerson
Chinese Second Phase Offensive → Korean War →	commander
Lushan Conference of 1959 →	attendee
Chinese Second Phase Offensive ("Peng Dehuai commanded Chinese People's Volunteer Army forces") →	commanderSide
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army →	deputyCommander
Chinese Civil War (early phase) →	hasCommander
Hunan First Normal School →	hasNotableAlumnus
Peng →	hasNotableBearer
Long March →	keyLeader
Peng Dehuai →	name
Peng Dehuai ("彭德怀") →	nativeName
Chinese Communist Party forces →	notableLeader
Cultural Revolution →	notableVictim
Korean Armistice Agreement ("Chinese General Peng Dehuai") →	signedByRepresentativeOf
Zhu De →	workedWith