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Two-Gun Cohen
Two-Gun Cohen (Morris Abraham Cohen, known in Chinese as Ma Kun) was a Jewish adventurer who served Sun Yat-sen as bodyguard and became a general in the Chinese National Revolutionary Army.
Văn Tiến Dũng
Văn Tiến Dũng (1917–2002) was a Vietnamese general, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army from 1953, who commanded the 1975 Ho Chi Minh Campaign capturing Saigon.
Vang Pao
Vang Pao (Vaj Pov, 1929-2011), Hmong Major General in the Royal Lao Army, led the CIA-backed secret army in Laos during the Secret War, then led Hmong exiles in the United States; arrested in 2007, case dropped.
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Võ Nguyên Giáp (武元甲), Vietnamese general, 1911–2013; founded the Vietnam People's Army in 1944, won Điện Biên Phủ in 1954 against France, led the war against the US, later deputy premier until 1991.
Yamaji Motoharu
Yamaji Motoharu (山地元治, 1841–1897) was a Japanese army lieutenant general from Tosa who commanded the First Division in the First Sino-Japanese War and directed the occupation of Lüshun.
Zhang Xueliang (张学良)
Zhang Xueliang (张学良), the Young Marshal, also known as Peter H. L. Chang, 1901–2001, ruled northeast China, lost Manchuria in the 1931 Mukden Incident, staged the 1936 Xi'an Incident detaining Chiang Kai-shek, and spent 50 years under house arrest before dying in Honolulu.
Zhang Zongchang (张宗昌)
Zhang Zongchang (张宗昌, 1881–1932), the 'Dogmeat General' and '72-Cannon Chang', was a Shandong warlord and military governor from 1925, notorious for brutality, concubines, and Time's 'basest warlord' label.
Zhang Zuolin (张作霖)
Zhang Zuolin (张作霖, 1875–1928), the 'Old Marshal,' warlord leader of the Fengtian clique who ruled Manchuria and much of North China, rose from bandit chief, and was assassinated by the Japanese Kwantung Army on June 4, 1928.
Zhu De (朱德)
Zhu De (朱德, 1886–1976), founder and commander in chief of China's Red Army, Eighth Route Army, and People's Liberation Army; CCP member from 1922, Mao's co-leader at Jinggangshan, and NPC Standing Committee chair from 1975.