Hu Zongnan

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Hu Zongnan
General Hu Zongnan
Native name	胡宗南
Nickname(s)	Eagle of the Northwest[1]
Born	16 May 1896 Zhenhai, Zhejiang, Qing Empire
Died	14 February 1962(1962-02-14) (aged 65) Taipei, Taiwan
Place of burial	Yangmingshan, Taipei
Allegiance	Republic of China
Years of service	1924–1959
Rank	Captain, June 1926 Brigadier general, November 1927 Major general, 1930 Lieutenant general, 1936 General, 1947
Unit	First Corps
Commands held	2nd Regiment, 1st Div, July 1926 1st Division, First Army, May 1927 22nd Division, November 1927 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, April 1928 1st Division (reorg.), 1930 First Army, April 1936 Seventeenth Army, 1938 34th Army Group, 1938 8th Military Region, 1940 1st Military Region, 1944
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition Chiang-Gui War Chiang-Feng-Yan War Chinese Civil War (1935-1951) Battle of Shanghai Battle of Wuhan First Taiwan Strait Crisis
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of Cloud and Banner
Other work	Governor of Zhejiang Province

Hu Zongnan (Chinese: 胡宗南; pinyin: Hú Zōngnán; Wade–Giles: Hu Tsung-nan; 16 May 1896 – 14 February 1962), courtesy name Shoushan (壽山), was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army and then the Republic of China Army. Together with Chen Cheng and Tang Enbo, Hu, a native of Zhenhai, Ningbo, formed the triumvirate of Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted generals during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan in 1949, he also served as the President's military strategy advisor until his death in 1962.