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Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

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Anti-Japanese Allied Army campaign of 1933 order of battle-Japanese Military and Political University
中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Gate of Anti-Japanese Allied Army campaign of 1933 order of battle-Japanese Military and Political University with motto.
Motto
团结、紧张、严肃、活泼
Motto in English
Togetherness, alertness, seriousness, liveliness
TypePublic
Active1931 (1931)–1945 (1945)
AffiliationsCPC Central Committee of the Board of Education
PresidentLin Biao (1937-1943)
Xu Xiangqian (1943-1945)
Location
Yan'an
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Shaanxi
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China
Map
Anti-Japanese Military and Political University
Traditional Chinese中國人民抗日軍事政治大學
Simplified Chinese中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Literal meaningChinese People's Anti-Japan Military–Political University
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó rénmín kàng Rì Jūnshì Zhèngzhì Dàxué
Kangri Junzheng University
Traditional Chinese抗日軍政大學
Simplified Chinese抗日军政大学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKàngrì Jūn Zhèng Dàxué
Kangda
Chinese抗大
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKàngdà

The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà (抗大) and Kangri Junzheng University (抗日军政大学),[1] was a comprehensive public university located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.[1]

History

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Counter-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, capital of Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called China Red Army School (中国红军学校) and then extended to a college named China Red Army College (中国红军大学) in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobu Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (Shaanbei), formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School (中国工农红军学校) by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School (陕北红军学校) and later changed the name to Xibei Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army (西北抗日红军大学) in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Counter-Japanese University of the Red Army" (中国人民抗日红军大学). Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.[2][3]

Culture

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Presidents

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No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeRef
1Lin Biao19371943
2Xu Xiangqian19431945

Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 中国抗日军政大学纪念馆. Wenwu (in Chinese). 2011-10-27. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ↑ 抗日军政大学. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2015-08-25.
  3. ↑ Gao Huilin and Cheng Gang (2015-09-03). 峥嵘岁月中的中国人民抗日军政大学. sxdaily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  4. ↑ 中国抗日军政大学成为全国人民心目中的抗战堡垒. mod.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2015-06-21.
  5. ↑ 《抗日军政大学校歌》. dangjian.cn (in Chinese). 2015-05-15.

Further reading

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  • Li, Xiaobing. China at War: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2012) pp 5–8.
  • Saich, Tony, and Benjamin Yang. eds. The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party: Documents and Analysis: Documents and Analysis (`996)

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