Battle of Xiang River

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The Battle of Xiang River was a pivotal 1934 clash during the Long March in which Communist forces suffered devastating losses while breaking through Nationalist encirclement in southern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath further reduction of Red Army strength ⓘ
prompted reassessment of Communist strategy during the Long March ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Xiangjiang Campaign ⓘ
associatedWith First Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Red Army

Kuomintang government ⓘ
belligerent Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Red Army

National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
campaign encirclement campaigns against the Jiangxi Soviet ⓘ
casualtiesSide1 heavy Communist casualties ⓘ
casualtiesSide2 significant Nationalist casualties ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
commanderSide1 Liu Bocheng ⓘ
Xiao Ke ⓘ
commanderSide2 Bai Chongxi ⓘ
Wei Lihuang ⓘ
conflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
date 1934 ⓘ
endDate 1934-12 ⓘ
era Republic of China (1912–1949) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
followedBy Communist retreat toward Guizhou ⓘ
geographicalContext border region of Hunan and Guangxi ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
location Guangxi ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Xiang River ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
militaryTheater southern front of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
nativeName 湘江战役 ⓘ
notableConsequence sharp decline in the number of Long March participants ⓘ
notableFeature fought around key river crossings on the Xiang River ⓘ
objectiveOfCommunists break through Nationalist encirclement ⓘ
objectiveOfNationalists annihilate main Communist forces on the Long March ⓘ
partOf Long March ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Xiang River crossings during the Long March ⓘ
result Communist strategic withdrawal ⓘ
Nationalist tactical victory ⓘ
side1 Chinese Communist forces ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Red Army
side2 Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ
significance devastating losses for Communist forces ⓘ
pivotal clash during the Long March ⓘ
startDate 1934-11 ⓘ
tacticsUsed breakout and forced river crossings by Communists ⓘ
encirclement and annihilation strategy by Nationalists ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Civil War (early phase) → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Xiang River ⓘ
Battle of Xiang River → precededBy → Battle of the Xiang River crossings during the Long March ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Xiang River
Battle of Xiang River → nativeName → 湘江战役 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Xiang River
Xiangjiang Campaign → relatedEvent → Battle of the Xiang River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Xiang River