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House of History: the Podcast

The Chinese Wehrmacht Panzer Commander: Chiang Wei-kuo

House of History: the Podcast
House of History: the Podcast

When the Wehrmacht rolled into Austria in 1938 during the Anschluss, there was one officer commanding a Panzer regiment that stood out. He wasn't a German, and frankly, wasn't even European. Chiang Wei-kuo was the son of China's generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, received military education in Bavaria, and even commanded a Panzer regiment as Germany annexed their southern neighbour.

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