Background
Mr. Yang was born in Tali, Yunnan, China in 1888.
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Mr. Yang was born in Tali, Yunnan, China in 1888.
Chieh Yang graduated from the Japanese Military College, specializing in artillery in 1924.
Gen. Yang Chieh participated in the First Revolution in 1911. He participated in the punitive campaign against Yuan Shih-kai in 1916. He was Chief of Staff to the 3rd Army of the Kuominchun (Feng Yu-hsiang’s Army) in December, 1924, and Field-Commander of the same Army in 1925. He was Dean of the Military Training Institute in Honan in September, 1925. Also he served as Chief Counsellor to the 6th Army of the Nationalist Revolutionary Army in May, 1926 and in December, same year, promoted Commander of 17th Nationalist Division. Gen. Yang Chieh was Acting Commander of the 6th Nationalist Revolutionary Army in April, 1927 and in July, same year, promoted Commander of the 18th Nationalist Army. He was appointed President of the Central Military College in December, 1927 and Director of Field Headquarters of the Nationalist Generalissimo and concurrently Chief of Staff to the First Group Army in April, 1928 and in October, same year, concurrently President of the Gendarmes College. He was Chief of Staff of the Field Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force in April, 1929 and Commander of the 10th Army of the Anti-Rebel Force and Field Commander of the Left Wing Army in October, 1929 and in December same year, concurrently Director of the Field-Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief in Loyang, acting on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief. He worked as Commander the Yangtsze Forts in April,1930 and concurrently Chief of Staff to the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief. He was elected member of the Central Executive Committee in 1931 and President of the Military College since January 1932 and, concurrently, Field Commander of the 8th Army of the North China Defense Force in March, 1933.