T'ang En-po (1899-1954)

T'ang En-po (Tang Enbo) was a Whampoa veteran and one of the very best Chinese generals. At the battle of Taierzhuang, T'ang led the units that cut off the Japanese retreat.

T'ang commanded the Kuomintang 31 Army Group in December 1941.

IN 1949, during the final stages of the civil war, Chiang Kai-shek appointed T'ang governor of Fukien province, across the straits from Formosa (Taiwan), in anticipation of the final Kuomintang retreat.

Service record

1899     

Born
1937

Commander, Frontline Forces, Taiyuan Pacification Headquarters
1937
Lieutenant general       
Commander, 13 Army and 20 Army
1938

Commander, 31 Army Group
1944

Deputy commander, 1 War Area
1944

Deputy commander, 4 War Area
1944

Commander, 3 Front Army

References

Dorn (1974)

Fenby (2003)

Generals.dk (accessed 2008-2-5)

Sih (1977)

Wilson (1982)