Anti-Japanese Military and Political University
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The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà and Kangri Junzheng University , was a military academy located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.
The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, capital of Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called China Red Army School and then extended to a college named China Red Army College in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobu Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (Shaanbei), formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School and later changed the name to Xibei Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army" . Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.
Motto: ; 'Be United', 'Alert', 'Earnest and Lively' University Song: Song of the Military University
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