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Yang Jingyu | |||||||||
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| Birth name | Ma Shangde | ||||||||
| Born | February 13, 1905 Queshan, Henan Province, Qing China | ||||||||
| Died | February 23, 1940 (aged 35) Mengjiang County (present-day Jingyu County), Jilin, Manchukuo | ||||||||
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Service | Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army | ||||||||
| Unit | First Route Army | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 杨靖宇 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊靖宇 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 马尚德 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬尚德 | ||||||||
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Yang Jingyu (February 13, 1905 – February 23, 1940), born Ma Shangde, was a Chinese communist, military commander and political commissar who led the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. His troops waged a guerrilla war against Japanese forces in Manchukuo (Manchuria) who were attempting to suppress resistance in the region.