Luding Bridge battle

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The Luding Bridge battle was a pivotal 1935 engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, celebrated in Communist historiography for its daring assault across a chain suspension bridge under heavy fire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Luding Bridge ⓘ
associatedWith First Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Red Army

Mao Zedong ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
belligerent Chinese Communist Party forces ⓘ
Nationalist government forces ⓘ
bridgeTypeInvolved chain suspension bridge ⓘ
celebratedBy People’s Liberation Army ⓘ
People’s Republic of China government ⓘ
ChineseName 泸定桥战斗 ⓘ
combatant Chinese Red Army ⓘ
Kuomintang forces ⓘ
commemoratedIn Chinese Communist historiography ⓘ
commemorationDay May 29 ⓘ
conflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
countryAtTime Republic of China ⓘ
date 1935-05-29 ⓘ
followedBy continued northward phase of the Long March ⓘ
historicalDebate extent of enemy resistance has been questioned by some historians ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
legacy frequently depicted in Chinese revolutionary propaganda ⓘ
taught in People’s Republic of China history education ⓘ
location Luding County ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
mediaDepiction portrayed in Chinese revolutionary films ⓘ
portrayed in Chinese revolutionary literature ⓘ
memorial Luding Bridge memorial site ⓘ
narrativeRole pivotal episode in official Long March narrative ⓘ
notableFeature assault across a chain suspension bridge ⓘ
attack conducted under heavy enemy fire ⓘ
objective capture Luding Bridge intact ⓘ
prevent destruction of the bridge by defending forces ⓘ
partOf Long March ⓘ
precededBy Red Army retreat toward Dadu River ⓘ
result Chinese Red Army victory ⓘ
riverCrossed Dadu River ⓘ
strategicSignificance enabled continuation of the Long March ⓘ
secured crossing of Dadu River ⓘ
symbolism symbol of Red Army heroism ⓘ
symbol of revolutionary sacrifice ⓘ
tactics covering fire from Red Army units on near bank ⓘ
small assault detachment sent across bridge chains ⓘ
year 1935 ⓘ

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Chinese Civil War (early phase) → hasMajorBattle → Luding Bridge battle ⓘ
Luding Bridge battle → ChineseName → 泸定桥战斗 ⓘ
linked to: Luding Bridge battle
Luding County → hasHistoricalEvent → Luding Bridge battle during the Long March ⓘ
linked to: Luding Bridge battle
Luding County → historicallyNotableFor → Luding Bridge battle ⓘ
Luding County → knownFor → Luding Bridge battle during the Long March ⓘ
linked to: Luding Bridge battle
Luding Bridge → eventLocation → Luding Bridge battle ⓘ