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17th Corps (China)
The 17th Corps (), later the 17th Army Corps, was a military formation of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army from 1949–50 and 1968–73. 1st Formation The 17th Corps was activated in February 1949 from 11th Column, Zhongyuan Field Army. The Corps was composed of the 49th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 49th Division, 50th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 50th Division and 51st Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 51st Division. It became part of Yang Yong (general), Yang Yong's 5th Army of the Second Field Army. The Corps took part in the Chinese Civil War, especially the Huaihai Campaign. In March 1950 the corps was inactivated and converted as Guizhou Military District (later Guizhou Provincial Military District). 2nd Formation On August 26, 1968, 17th Army Corps() was activated in Huayuanzhen, Xiaochang County, Xiaochang, Hubei province. Army corps commander: Zhang Zhiyin(), commissar - Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuhan Military Region
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city and one of the nine National Central Cities of China. The name "Wuhan" came from the city's historical origin from the conglomeration of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, which are collectively known as the "Three Towns of Wuhan" (). Wuhan lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain, at the confluence of the Yangtze river and its largest tributary, the Han River, and is known as "Nine Provinces' Thoroughfare" (). Wuhan has historically served as a busy city port for commerce and trading. Other historical events taking place in Wuhan include the Wuchang Uprising of 1911, which led to the end of 2,000 years of dynastic rule. Wuhan was briefly the capital of China in 1927 under the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT) government. The city later served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
