The Military Affairs Commission (MAC) of the National Government, chaired by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

and

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, directed the command of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

Organizational structure

It was reorganized beginning on January 17, 1938, in the following way: * Chairman - Chiang Kai-shek * Military Commissioners * Chief of the General Staff -

He Yingqin He Yingqin, (; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Republic of China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. Early years A native of Guizhou, H ...

** Board of Military Operations **

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** Board of Military Training ** Board of Political Training ** Directorate General of Courts Martial ** Commission on Aeronautical Affairs ** Military Personnel Bureau ** Military Advisory Council * Main Office of the Military Affairs Commission * Aides Office * Investigation Statistics Bureau * Councillors Office *

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s * Commander in Chief, Navy * Commander in Chief, Air Force * Rear Area Services Department * Air Defense Commanders * Garrison Commanders

List of leaders

References

* Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. pp. 314-316.

External links

* {{Commons category-inline, Military Affairs Commission National Revolutionary Army China Defence agencies of China