李德 (Lǐ Dé) · Li De - Chinese name of Otto Braun

Meanings

1 Li De - Chinese name of Otto Braun
2 Comintern military adviser to the Chinese Communist Party 1932-1939

About Otto Braun

1900–1974 · 军事家 military leader

German communist sent by the Comintern as military adviser to the Chinese Red Army. Its defeat under his command in 1934 led to the Long March, and the 遵义会议 (Zunyi Conference) of 1935 removed him from command.

Characters

virtue / Germany (phonetic)

Examples

HSK 7-9

李德是共产国际派到中国的德国军事顾问。

Lǐ Dé shì Gòngchǎn Guójì pài dào Zhōngguó de Déguó jūnshì gùwèn.

Li De was the German military adviser sent to China by the Comintern.

HSK 7-9

李德的指挥失误导致了第五次反围剿的失败。

Lǐ Dé de zhǐhuī shīwù dǎozhì le dìwǔ cì fǎn wéi jiǎo de shībài.

Li De's command errors led to the failure of the Fifth Anti-Encirclement Campaign.

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history

He was almost the only foreigner on the Long March. He left China in 1939 for Moscow, not Germany, and was allowed back to East Germany only after Stalin died; his memoir 《中国纪事》 came out in 1973.