Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army

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The Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army was the highest military leadership position in the Chinese Communist forces during the revolutionary and early People’s Republic periods, responsible for directing major campaigns and overall military strategy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership position
military office
appliesTo Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
linked to: Chinese Red Army
associatedWithEvent Chinese Civil War campaigns against the Kuomintang
Long March
encirclement and suppression campaigns
commandStructureRole top of Red Army chain of command
country Chinese Soviet Republic
establishedFor leadership of armed struggle by the Chinese Communist Party
exerciseOfAuthority appointment and direction of senior field commanders
coordination with political leadership
issuance of operational orders
goal defense of Communist base areas
expansion of Red Army-controlled territories
seizure of state power through armed struggle
hasJurisdictionOver Red Army field armies
linked to: Soviet field armies

Red Army regional military commands
heldBy Zhu De
hierarchicalLevel highest military leadership position in the Red Army
historicalContext formation of the People's Liberation Army
pre-1949 Chinese Communist revolution
languageOfOffice Chinese
locatedIn Chinese Soviet base areas
linked to: Jiangxi Soviet

Yan'an (during later revolutionary period)
linked to: Yan'an
militaryBranch ground forces
notableOfficeHolder Zhu De
officeHolderPoliticalAffiliation Chinese Communist Party
partOf Chinese Communist forces
linked to: Chinese Red Army

Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army command structure
primaryDecisionDomain deployment of main forces
operational coordination
strategic planning
relatedOrganization Central Revolutionary Military Commission
Chinese Soviet Republic government
reportsTo Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Central Revolutionary Military Commission
responsibleFor directing major campaigns
operational command of Red Army forces
overall military strategy of the Red Army
successorOffice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army
typeOfCommand supreme operational command
usedBy Chinese Communist Party
usedDuring Chinese Civil War
Chinese revolutionary period
early People's Republic of China period

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Zhu De servedAs Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army
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