Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Lin Biao across 3 places, from 1968 to 1971.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lin Biao (Chinese: 林彪; 5 December 1907 – 13 September 1971) was a Chinese military commander and politician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Lin Biao is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Lin Biao was documented, and when
1968year
Chinese languageattested“Lin and Jiang cooperated at the outset of the Cultural Revolution, but their relationship began to deteriorate in 1968 as Jiang frequently attempted to interfere in Chinese military affairs, which Lin found intolerable.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
13 September 1971exact date
Soviet Unionattested“Lin died when an aircraft carrying him and several members of his family crashed in Mongolia at 2:30 am on 13 September 1971, allegedly after attempting to assassinate Mao and defect to the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
13 September 1971exact date
Mongoliaattested“Lin died when an aircraft carrying him and several members of his family crashed in Mongolia at 2:30 am on 13 September 1971, allegedly after attempting to assassinate Mao and defect to the Soviet Union.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
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1925year
Guangzhoumentioned“Later in 1925 he participated in the May Thirtieth Movement and enrolled in the newly established Whampoa (Huangpu) Military Academy in Guangzhou.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1928year
Jiangximentioned“Following the failure of the revolt, Lin escaped to the remote Communist base areas, and joined Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet in 1928.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1934year
Jiangximentioned“After Chiang's forces successfully occupied several strategic locations within the Jiangxi Soviet, in 1934, Lin was one of the first Red Army commanders to publicly advocate the abandonment of the Jiangxi Soviet, but he was opposed by mo…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
September 1937month
Chinamentioned“In this capacity, Lin orchestrated the ambush at Pingxingguan in September 1937, which was one of the few battlefield successes for the Chinese in the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War (known in China as the "War of Resistance…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
September 1937month
Pingxingguanmentioned“In this capacity, Lin orchestrated the ambush at Pingxingguan in September 1937, which was one of the few battlefield successes for the Chinese in the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War (known in China as the "War of Resistance…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1938year
Shanximentioned“In 1938, while he was still leading Chinese forces in Shanxi, Japanese soldiers who had joined the Communists and were serving under Lin's command presented Lin with a Japanese uniform (reportedly an officer's winter coat, which Lin eage…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1938 to 1946period
Moscowmentioned“While in Moscow, Lin became infatuated with Zhou Enlai's adopted daughter, Sun Weishi, who was studying in Moscow from 1938 to 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1942year
Chinamentioned“Before returning to China, in 1942, Lin proposed to Sun and promised to divorce his wife, from whom Lin had become estranged.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
February 1942month
Moscowmentioned“He remained in Moscow until February 1942, working on Comintern affairs and writing for its publication.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1943year
Chinamentioned“Lin divorced Liu Ximin after returning to China, and married another woman, Ye Qun, in 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1945year
Manchuriamentioned“By the end of 1945, Lin had 280,000 troops in Manchuria under his command, but according to Kuomintang estimates only 100,000 of these were regular forces with access to adequate equipment.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
May 1947month
Manchuriamentioned“By the end of May 1947, Lin's forces had taken control of most of the countryside (everything except for the rail lines and several major cities), infiltrated and destroyed most KMT forces in Manchuria, and re-established contact with is…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
October 1950month
Soviet Unionmentioned“In early October 1950, Peng Dehuai was named commander of the Chinese forces bound for Korea, and Lin went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment.”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
1966year
Beijingmentioned“Following the lead of Mao, in 1966 Lin directed Red Guards in Beijing to "smash those persons in power who are traveling the capitalist road, the bourgeoisie reactionary authorities, and all royalists of the bourgeoisie, and to forcibly…”source: Wikipedia: Lin Biao
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