Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Zhu De

Battles of Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886－1976)

Zhu De is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1930 and 1946: 5 battles and 4 campaigns, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,557 km apart end to end, 445 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Chinese Civil War (4), Second Sino-Japanese War (4).

First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietSecond Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietThird Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietOpening CampaignBattle of Chishui RiverBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanHundred Regiments OffensiveBattle of Chishui RiverBattle of TaiyuanBattle of XinkouBattle of PingxingguanHundred Regiments OffensiveSeoulChengduWuhanChongqingXianNanjingGuiyangPyongyangZiboHangzhou1000 km33.323N, 112.921E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1930: 1 engagements1931: 2 engagements1935: 1 engagements1937: 3 engagements3 in 19371940: 1 engagements1946: 1 engagements19301946
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet, 1930Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet, 1931Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet, 1931Battle of Chishui River, 1935Battle of Taiyuan, 1937Battle of Xinkou, 1937Battle of Pingxingguan, 1937Hundred Regiments Offensive, 1940Opening Campaign, 194619301946
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1930First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietJiangxi, ChinaCommunist victory
1931Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietJiangxi, China0 km NRed Army victory
1931Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi SovietJiangxi, China0 km NRed Army victory
1935Battle of Chishui RiverChishui River, China1,010 km WCommunist forces manage to maneuver out of the...
1 September 1937Battle of TaiyuanTaiyuan, People's Republic of China1,183 km NEJapanese victory
13 September 1937Battle of XinkouNiangzi Pass, People's Republic of China51 km WJapanese victory
24 September 1937Battle of PingxingguanPingxing Pass, People's Republic of China227 km NEJapanese victory
20 August 1940Hundred Regiments OffensiveNorth China, China293 km SEChinese victory
1946Opening CampaignEast China, China794 km SECommunists retreat to northeastern China, Partial...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, anonymous (Gov), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.