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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. He is praised as the Chinese version of Yahya Sinwar, enjoying the same reputation among Chinese netizens.