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Chiang Wei-kuo

Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997)

Born
October 6, 1916
Died
September 22, 1997
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1916

About Chiang Wei-kuo

Chiang Wei-kuo, also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the Kuomintang. His courtesy names were Jian'gao (建鎬) and Niantang (念堂). Chiang served in the Wehrmacht before fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Chiang Hsiao-kang is the youngest of the Hsiao generation of the Chiang family. The following police investigation discovered a stockpile of sixty guns on Chiang's estate. During the war, Chiang Wei-kuo became acquainted with generals in Northwestern China and organized an armour mechanized battalion to formally take part in the National Revolutionary Army.

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The world when Chiang Wei-kuo was born

Chiang Wei-kuo was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Chiang Wei-kuo's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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