The Day of the Jackal that the Jackal has decided to target de Gaulle on Liberation Day, 25 August, the day commemorating the liberation of Paris during World War II. It is, he realises, the one day of the year when de Gaulle can "definitely" be counted on to be in Paris and to appear in public. Believing the inquiry to be over, the Minister orchestrates a massive, citywide manhunt for the Jackal now that he can be reported as a killer, dismissing Lebel with hearty congratulations - but the Jackal eludes them yet again: slipping into a gay bar while in disguise, he gets
Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army uses a system of theater commands, of which there are now five: By July 1950 there were the Northwest, North China Military Region, Northeastern Military Region, Southwest Military Region, East China Military Region, and Central South Military Region. In December 1954, the existing six major military regions were reorganised into twelve regions: Shenyang (which traces history from the Northeastern Military Region), Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Wuhan (former Hubei MR) (), Chengdu, Lanzhou, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia. The former Northwest Military Region, which became the Beijing Military Region,