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People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the unified military organization of all land, sea, and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China (CCP). The People's...
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Invasion of Tibet
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) defeated the Tibetan army in a battle at Chamdo on October 7, 1950. This attack marked the beginning of Beijing’s campaign to integrate Tibet into People's Republic of China. This operation is called a peaceful...
Battle of Kuningtou
The Battle of Kuningtou (古寧頭之役) or Battle of Jinmen (金门战役) was a battle fought over Kinmen (Quemoy) in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in the hands of the Kuomintang ...
Liaoshen Campaign
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 during the...
Huaihai Campaign
Huaihai Campaign (Chinese: 淮海戰役; pinyin: Huáihǎi Zhànyì) or Battle of Hsupeng (simplified Chinese: 徐蚌会战; traditional Chinese: 徐蚌會戰; pinyin: Xúbàng Huìzhàn, also Battle of Xu-Bang) was a military action during 1948 and 1949 that was the determining...
Pingjin Campaign
Pingjin Campaign (simplified Chinese: 平津战役; traditional Chinese: 平津戰役; pinyin: Píngjīn Zhànyì), known as the Battle of Pingjin to the Nationalist Government, was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army during the...
Siege of Changchun
The Siege of Changchun (simplified Chinese: 长春围困战; traditional Chinese: 長春圍困戰; pinyin: Chángchūn Wéikùnzhàn) was a siege operation launched by the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War against the city of Changchun, defended by the...
Battle of Jinzhou
Battle of Jinzhou (simplified Chinese: 锦州之战; traditional Chinese: 錦州之戰; pinyin: Jînzhou Zhīzhàn) was a battle between the People's Liberation Army and the National Revolutionary Army during the Chinese Civil War. Being one of the most decisive...
Shangdang Campaign
The Shangdang Campaign (Chinese: 上黨戰役) was a series battles fought between the Communist force under the leadership of Liu Bocheng and the nationalist Yan Xishan’s Kuomintang force from September 10, 1945 through October 12, 1945. Like all other...
Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China Army and the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, over one of the last strongholds of nationalist (ROC) forces near mainland...
Battle of Nanri Island
The Battle of Nanri Island (南日島戰役) was a conflict between the Republic of China Army and the People's Liberation Army, over People's Republic of China owned Nanri island near Mainland China. This conflict occurred from April 11, 1952 to April 15,...
Battle of Dengbu Island
The Battle of Dengbu Island (登步島戰役) was a conflict between the Republic of China Army and People's Liberation Army over Dengbu Island (in the Zhoushan Islands) near mainland China. This conflict occurred from November 3 , 1949 to November 5 , 1949...
Longhai Campaign
Longhai Campaign (陇海战役), also known as the Campaign along the Longhai (Lanzhou – Lianyungang) Railway (陇海路战役), was a campaign launched against the nationalists by the communists during Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era. The campaign was...
Dingtao Campaign
Dingtao Campaign (定陶战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory.
After the defeat of Longhai Campaign, the original...
Zhengtai Campaign
Zhengtai Campaign (正太战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory.
After the Campaign to the South of Baoding, nationalist...
Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (东北1947年冬季攻势) is a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalist during the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
After the Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China and the...
Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
The Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (东北1947年夏季攻势) is a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
In the spring of 1947, the nationalist tried and failed to...
Battle of Nan'ao Island
The Battle of Nan’ao island (Nan’ao Dao, 南澳岛) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and communists emerged as the victors. Nan’ao island (Nan’ao Dao, 南澳岛) of Shantou remained in the nationalist...
Battle of Nanpéng Island
Battle of Nanpéng Island (南鹏岛战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in the communist victory. After Guangdong fell into communist hands, a detachment of the nationalist troops...
Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago
Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago was a battle fought between the Chinese nationalists and the communists over the islands of Nanpēng (南澎) Archipelago off the Cantonese coast during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in communist victory. Nanpēng (南澎)...
Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
The Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (东北1947年秋季攻势) was a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
After the defeats of the Summer Offensive of 1947 in...
Handan Campaign
Handan Campaign (邯郸战役), also known as Pinghan Campaign (平汉战役), short for Beiping-Hankou Campaign (北平汉口战役), is one of the largest clashes between the communist force and the nationalist force immediately after the end of World War II, which resulted...
Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
Wanshan Archipelago Campaign (万山群岛战役) was a campaign fought between the communist and the nationalist forces during the Chinese Civil War for the control of Wanshan Archipelago (Wanshan Qundao), and resulted in communist victory. The archipelago...
Linjiang Campaign
Linjiang Campaign (Chinese: 临江战役), also called by the communists as the Campaign of Going South of the River for Three time to Guard Linjiang for Four Times (San Xia Jiang Nan, Si Bao Linjiang Zhanyi, 三下江南四保临江战役), was a series of four failed...
Shanghai Campaign
Shanghai Campaign (國共內戰之上海战役) was a series battles fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by the...
Battle of Dongshan Island
The Battle of Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island (东山岛战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War for the control of the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island at the southern tip of Fujian,...
Dongshan Island Campaign
Dongshan Island Campaign (traditional Chinese: 東山島戰役; simplified Chinese: 东山岛战役; pinyin: Dōngshān Dǎo Zhànyì) was a series battles fought on the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island, Fujian between the nationalists and the communists during the...
Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign
The Huaiyin-Huai'an Campaign (两淮战役) was a campaign consisted of several battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in communists taking the city of...
Battle of Wuhe
The battle of Wuhe (五河战斗) was a battle fought at the Five Rivers (Wuhe, 五河) region in eastern Anhui was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War II....
Jing Shan–Zhongxiang Campaign
Jingshan – Zhongxiang Campaign (京钟战役) was half a year long struggle in Hubei between the nationalists and the communists for the control of Jingshan and Zhongxiang regions during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in communist victory.
In the second...
Linfen Campaign
Linfen Campaign (临汾战役) was a series of battles fought between the communists and the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War to control the city of Linfen, and resulted in the communist victory.
After the Yuncheng Campaign (运城战役), Linfen was the...
Linfen–Fushan Campaign
Linfen – Fushan Campaign (临浮战役) was a series battles fought in regions between Linfen and Floating Mountain (Fushan, 浮山) in Shanxi, China between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War and resulted in communist victory.
In...
Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket
The Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket is also called the Breakout on the Central Plains (Zhongyuan Tuwei, 中原突围) by the Communist Party of China, and it was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the...
Battle of Yiwu
The battle of Yiwu (伊吾) is also called the Battle to Defend Yiwu (伊吾保卫战) by the Communist Party of China, and resulted in the communist victory. After the local nationalist commanders in Xinjiang defected to the communist side, there were many...
Campaign at the Eastern Foothills of Funiu Mountain
Campaign at the Eastern Foothills of Funiu Mountain (伏牛山东麓战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II for the control of western Hubei, and the border areas of Hubei,...
Campaign to the North of Baoding
Campaign to the North of Baoding (保北战役) consisted of several battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in the region to the north of Baoding during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era and resulted in communist victory...
Campaign to the South of Baoding
The Campaign to the South of Baoding (保南战役) consisted of several battles fought in regions south of Baoding between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II, and resulted in the communist victory.
In...
Yanzhou Campaign
The Yanzhou Campaign (Chinese: 兖州战役; pinyin: Yǎnzhōu Zhànyì), also known as the Campaign at the Central Section of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway (Chinese: 津浦路中段战役; pinyin: Jīn Pŭ Lù Zhōng Duàn Zhànyì) was a series of battles fought between the...
Xinghua Campaign
The Xinghua Campaign (兴化战役) consisted of two battles fought between the communist New Fourth Army and the Kuomintang, the nationalist forces of the former Japanese puppet regime. The campaign took place during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate...
Lanzhou Campaign
Lanzhou Campaign (兰州战役) was a series battle fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory...
Hebei–Rehe–Chahar Campaign
The Hebei – Rehe – Chahar Campaign (冀热察战役) was a series of battles fought in Northern China between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in communist victory.
In the spring of...
Nanma–Linqu Campaign
The Nanma-Linqu Campaign (南临战役) was consisted of two battles fought at Nanma (南麻) and Linqu (临朐) in Shandong between the communists and the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the nationalist...
Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County
The Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County (南川县北战役), Sichuan, was part of the Campaign in Southwestern China launched by the communists against the nationalists in the region to the north of Nanchuan (南川) County during the Chinese Civil War in the...
Battle of Houmajia
The Battle of Houmajia (后马家战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists in the Houmajia region of Lingbi (灵壁) County of Anhui, China during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in a...
Lüliang Campaign
Lüliang Campaign (吕梁战役), also called Southwestern Shanxi Campaign (晋西南战役), was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in Lüliang region in southwestern Shanxi during the Chinese Civil War in the post War World II era,...
Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign
The Zhoucun-Zhangdian Campaign (周张战役), short for the Campaign of Zhou’s Village (Zhou Cun, 周村) and Zhang’s Hotel (Zhang Dian, 张店), consisted of two major battles and a series of smaller battles that followed, fought between the Communists and the...
Battle of Xiangshuikou
The Battle of Xiangshuikou (响水口战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists in northern Jiangsu during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in a communist victory.
Like other similar...
Siping Campaign
Siping Campaign (四平战役) was a nine month long struggle between the communist and the nationalist for Siping in Jilin, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in communist victory.
By the early June 1947, the...
Battle of Siping
The Battle of Siping (四平战斗), also known by communists as the Battle to Liberate Siping (四平解放战), was a battle fought between the communists and the Nationalist in Jilin, China for the control of Siping (city) during the Chinese Civil War. It took...
Campaign to Defend Siping
The Campaign to Defend Siping (四平保卫战) was a struggle between the Nationalists and the communists for the control of Siping during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era. The nationalists have combined this campaign with the Battle of...
Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an
Battle of Huaiyin-Huai'an is also called by the Campaign to Defend Huaiyin-Huai'an (两淮保卫战) by the Communist Party of China, and it was a struggle between the nationalists and the communists for the control of Huaiyin and Huai'an, the two richest...
Battle of Phoenix Peak
The Battle of Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding, 凤凰顶) is also called the Battle to Check Enemy's Advance at Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding Zu Ji Zhan, 凤凰顶阻击战) by the Communist Party of China, and it was a fierce battle fought during Laiyang Campaign...
Campaign along the Southern Section of Datong–Puzhou Railway
Campaign along the Southern Section of the Datong-Puzhou Railway (同蒲路南段战役) was a campaign fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era and resulted in the communist victory.
In early...
Heshui Campaign
Heshui Campaign (合水战役) is consisted of several fierce battles fought between the communists and the nationalist Ma clique’s force mostly consisted of cavalry. The campaign was fought in the post-World War II era in the eastern Gansu province in...
Battle of Tashan
The battle of Tashan (塔山爭奪戰) was a battle fought between the nationalist and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era in Northeast China, and resulted in communist victory. Tashan (塔山) with literal translation meaning...
Datong–Jining Campaign
Datong-Jining Campaign (大同集宁战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists mainly in northern Shanxi and the surrounding regions during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era. The main battlefield was...
Tianjin Campaign
The Tianjin Campaign was the epitome of the Pingjin Campaign, and it was fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era. The result of the Tianjin Campaign helped to determine the outcome...
Campaign to the North of Daqing River
The Campaign to the North of Daqing River (大清河北战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in Hebei, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era.
In July 1947, the nationalists in Northern China...
Battle of Dalushan Islands
The Battle of Dalushan (Greater Deer Mountain) Islands (大鹿山等岛战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists for several islands and islets just off the coast of Zhejiang, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War...
Battle of Dachen Archipelago
The Battle of Dachen Archipelago (大陈等岛之战) was a struggle between the Nationalists and the Communists for the control of several archipelagos just off the coast of Zhejiang, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era, and it was...
Taiyuan Campaign
Taiyuan Campaign was a campaign fought between the nationalists and communists for the control of Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi province during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory....
