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His sibling, Chiang Ching-kuo, a student-turned-political-prisoner in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union, served as the impetus behind Chiang's sending Wei-kuo to Nazi Germany for a military education at the Kriegsschule in Munich. At the Kriegsschule, he studied the German army's advanced methods, structure, and weaponry.
Born: Chiang Wei-kuo, Chinese army officer, president of the Republic of China Army from 1963 to 1968, Secretary-General of the National Security Council of Taiwan, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, in Tokyo (d. 1997); Stanley Ellin, American writer, best known for his mystery short stories including "The Specialty of the House", in New York City (d.
The Blue Shirts Society (BSS)(藍衣社), also known as the Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People (Chinese: 三民主義力行社, commonly abbreviated as SPTPP), the Spirit Encouragement Society (勵志社, SES) and the China Reconstruction Society (中華復興社, CRS), was a secret ultranationalist faction in the Kuomintang inspired by German and Italian fascists.
The Chiang family ancestral home is in Heqiao (和橋鎮), a town in Yixing, Jiangsu, about 38 km (24 mi) southwest of central Wuxi and 10 km (6.2 mi) from the shores of Lake Tai. Eventually the clan settled in Xikou , a town in Fenghua , Zhejiang , about 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of central Ningbo , where Chiang Kai-shek was born.
Chinese Chiang Wei-kuo as a Nazi Wehrmacht officer candidate (Fahnenjunker), c.1938. The shoulder boards indicate the rank of Unterfeldwebel (OR5a) with marksmanship A memorial plaque on Schmuckstraße in Hamburg provides a brief history of the Chinese quarters in St. Pauli and its destruction by the Gestapo in 1944.
The Navy arrested two tourist class passengers as alleged German spies, and interned 34 German stewards and crew members. One of the alleged spies tried to kill himself. [28] The ship was released on September 14 to complete her voyage. [30] Chiang Wei-kuo in German Army uniform. On September 6, NASM gave Nieuw Amsterdam ' s crew a 15 percent ...
The military guard of honour and the band of the Ministry of National Defense then followed behind the hearse, with a detachment of officers carrying each of Chiang Kai-Shek's medals. Directly behind the hearse walked Soong Mei-Ling, supported by Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Wei-kuo, with attending dignitaries following behind them. [7]
Project Guoguang was established on 1 April 1961. [11] [12] The ROCAF created a staff, the Guoguang Operation Office, [9] that was the primary supervisory body for invasion planning and preparations; [13] it was led by a lieutenant general and reported directly to Chiang Kai-shek. [9]