Zhu De

December 1, 1886, saw the birth of Zhu De in Ma'an Town, Sichuan Province, the revered "Father of the Red Army" and a foundational architect of China’s military power. A brilliant strategist, Zhu De led the Red Army through the harrowing Long March alongside Mao, playing a decisive role in the United Front resistance during WWII and the pivotal battles of the Civil War. His military command was absolutely vital to securing victory, and he served as Commander-in-Chief for decades, becoming one of China's most celebrated marshals and state leaders.

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Year	Zhu De
1886	Birth of Zhu De (Period: December 1, 1886, Location: Ma'an Town (Lijiawan), Yilong County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, China)
1905	Marriage (Zhu De, Liu Congzhen, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1905, Location: Yilong County, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, China)
1909	Military Education at the Yunnan Military Academy (Zhu De, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1909–1911, Location: Kunming, Yunnan Province, China)
1910	Marriage (Zhu De, Chen Yuzhen, Age: 23 years old, Period: Late 1910s, Location: Presumed to be Yunnan Province, China)
1912	Marriage (Zhu De, Xiao Jufang, Age: 25 years old, Period: c. 1912, Location: Yunnan Province, China)
1917	Constitutional Protection War (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1917–1922, Location: Southern China, mainly Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Sichuan Provinces)
1922	Study in Europe and Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1922–1925, Location: Berlin and Göttingen, Germany, and Moscow, Soviet Union)
1928	Construction of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1928–1930s, Location: Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, China, etc.) Marriage (Zhu De, Wu Ruolan, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1928, Location: Leiyang, Hunan Province, China) Merger of Zhu De's and Mao Zedong's Forces at Jinggangshan (Age: 41 years old, Period: April 1928, Location: Jinggangshan, border between Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces, China)
1929	Marriage (Zhu De, Kang Keqing, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1929, Location: Southern Jiangxi Province, China)
1934	Long March and Arrival in Northern Shaanxi (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1934–1936, Location: Southern China to Shaanxi Province)
1937	Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army (Zhu De, Age: 50 years old, Period: 1937, Location: North China)
1949	Establishment of the People's Republic of China and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1949–1954, Location: Beijing, China)
1955	Appointment to Marshal (Age: 68 years old, Period: 1955, Location: Beijing, China)
1959	Appointment as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (Zhu De, Age: 72 years old, Period: 1959–1976, Location: Beijing, China)
1966	Criticism during the Cultural Revolution (Age: 79 years old, Period: c. 1966–1971, Location: Beijing, China, etc.)
1976	Death of Zhu De (Age: 89 years old, Period: July 6, 1976)

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CPC	Chen Duxiu Li Dazhao Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Zhu De Liu Shaoqi Peng Dehuai Lin Biao Deng Xiaoping Chen Yi
Korean anti-Japanese movement	Kim Il Sung Kim Won-bong Hong Beom-do Ji Cheong-cheon Yang Se-bong Choe Yong-gon Kim Chwa-chin
Pacific War	Fumimaro Konoe Hideki Tojo Yosuke Matsuoka Shigenori Togo Kantaro Suzuki Korechika Anami Isoroku Yamamoto Chuichi Nagumo Kichisaburo Nomura Saburo Kurusu Hirohito

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