Liaoshen Campaign

Liaoshen Campaign (traditional Chinese: 遼瀋戰役; simplified Chinese: 辽沈战役; pinyin: Líaoshên Zhànyì), literally the abbreviation of Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. This engagement is known in the Nationalist government as the Battle of Liaoshi (Traditional Chinese: 遼西會戰). The campaign began on September 12, 1948, and ended in the... more

Liaoshen Campaign (traditional Chinese: 遼瀋戰役; simplified Chinese: 辽沈战役; pinyin: Líaoshên Zhànyì), literally the abbreviation of Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. This engagement is known in the Nationalist government as the Battle of Liaoshi (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 is the first of the three (The other two being Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign) campaigns that marked the end of nationalist dominance in northern China. By August 1948, after years of brief advances throughout the Chinese Northeast region, the Northeast Field Army of the People's Liberation Army had 13 armies columns of infantry, one artillery army, and 15 independent divisions as well as 3 cavalry divisions, approximately 54 divisions consisting of over 700,000 men. The... less