The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia

Ho Chu-kuo (1897-1985)

Ho (He Zhuguo) commanded 15 Army Group in central China during most of the Pacific War, participating in the second battle of Changsha and the defence against the Japanese To-go offensive. He may have been the English-speaking aide of Hsueh Yueh mentioned by Dorn (1974.) His 2 Cavalry Army had fought against the Japanese in north China from the earliest days of the China Incident. He had supported Chang Hsueh-liang during the Sian Incident, when Chiang Kai-shek was forced to establish a nominal truce with the Chinese Communists in order to fight the Japanese, and seems to have continued to mediate between the Communists and the Kuomintang. A graduate of the Paoting Military Academy, he had also trained in cavalry tactics in Japan, and seems to have been one of the more capable generals to lead Kuominang forces.

Service recor

1897		Born in Kwangsi province
1925	Colonel	Commander, 127 Regiment, Northeastern Army
1926		Commander, 45 Regiment, Northeastern Army
1927		Acting commander, 45 Brigade, Northeastern Army
1927	Brigadier general	Commander, 45 Brigade, Northeastern Army
1927		Commander, Kaifeng Garrison
1927	Major general	Commander, 23 Provisional Division, 29 Army, Northeastern Army
1928		Commander, 3 Brigade, Northeastern Army
1931		Commander, 9 Independent Brigade
1932		Commander, Linyong Garrison
1933	Lieutenant general	Commander, 57 Army
1934		Lishan Military Officers Training Corps
1935		Commander, Cavalry Army Corps
1936		Chief of staff, Northwestern Military Committee
1937		Deputy commander, Sian Field Headquarters
1937		Commander, 2 Cavalry Army
1940		Commander, 2 Army
1941		Commander, 15 Army Group
1945		Commander, Linquan Command Headquarters
1945		Chief of staff, Northeastern Field Headquarters
1945		On leave for illness
1948		Retires
1985		Dies

References

Dorn (1974)

Generals.dk (accessed 2010-11-22)

Schram (1992; accessed 2010-11-22)