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Sun Li-jen
Sun Li-jen
(December 8, 1900–November 19, 1990) was a
Chinese Nationalist
(KMT)
general
, a graduate of
Virginia Military Institute
, best known for his leadership in the
Second Sino-Japanese War
and the
Chinese Civil War
. His achievements earned him the laudatory nickname
"
Rommel
of the East".
His
New First Army
was known as the "1st [Best] Army under heaven" and credited with effectively confronting Japanese troops in the 1937
Battle of Shanghai
and in the
Burma Campaign
, 1943-1944.
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