Liaoshen Campaign (simplified Chinese: 辽沈战役; traditional Chinese: 遼瀋戰役; pinyin: Líaoshên Zhànyì), literally the abbreviation of Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. This engagement is known in the Nationalist government as the Battle of Liaohsi (Traditional Chinese: 遼西會戰). The campaign began on September 12, 1948, and ended ...
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Liaoshen Campaign (simplified Chinese: 辽沈战役; traditional Chinese: 遼瀋戰役; pinyin: Líaoshên Zhànyì), literally the abbreviation of Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. This engagement is known in the Nationalist government as the Battle of Liaohsi (Traditional Chinese: 遼西會戰). The campaign began on September 12, 1948, and ended in the same year on November 2, lasting 52 days. This campaign was the first of the three campaigns that marked the end of Nationalist dominance in northern China. (The other two were the Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign.)
By August 1948, after years of brief advances throughout Manchuria, the Northeast Field Army of the PLA had 13 infantry armies, one artillery army, and 15 independent divisions as well as 3 cavalry divisions, approximately 54 divisions consisting of over 700,000 men. The Communists also had approximately 300,000 troops...
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