9 Dec 1949

China
  • Dong Zhao, his wife, and his three children departed Chongqing, China for Taiwan. ww2dbase [Dong Zhao | Chongqing | CPC]
  • Lu Han defected Yunnan Province, China to the Chinese communists. ww2dbase [Lu Han | Yunnan | CPC]



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