Liaoshen Campaign

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The Liaoshen Campaign was a major 1948 military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in which Communist forces decisively defeated Nationalist troops in Northeast China, shifting the overall balance of the conflict.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Liaoshen Campaign canonical 15
辽沈战役 1
遼瀋戰役 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 辽沈战役 ⓘ
linked to: Liaoshen Campaign
belligerent National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatant Communist Party of China forces ⓘ
Kuomintang forces ⓘ
commander Liao Yaoxiang ⓘ
Lin Biao ⓘ
Luo Ronghuan ⓘ
Wei Lihuang ⓘ
commandStructure Northeast Field Army ⓘ
conflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
effect boosted Communist morale and legitimacy ⓘ
loss of Nationalist control over Manchuria ⓘ
severe weakening of Nationalist military strength ⓘ
endDate 1948-11-02 ⓘ
followedBy Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
Pingjin Campaign ⓘ
historicalEra Chinese Civil War era ⓘ
location Manchuria ⓘ
Northeast China ⓘ
linked to: Manchuria
majorBattle Battle of Changchun ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jinzhou

Battle of Jinzhou ⓘ
Battle of Shenyang ⓘ
majorCityInvolved Changchun ⓘ
Jinzhou ⓘ
Shenyang ⓘ
militaryForceSize hundreds of thousands of troops on each side ⓘ
NationalistCommandStructure Northeast "Bandit Suppression" Headquarters ⓘ
objective to destroy Nationalist forces in Northeast China ⓘ
to secure control of Manchuria for the Communists ⓘ
outcome Communists gained control of all of Northeast China ⓘ
partOf Chinese Civil War ⓘ
politicalConsequence paved way for eventual establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
undermined Kuomintang control over northern China ⓘ
precededBy Northeast China Campaigns of 1947 ⓘ
region Heilongjiang Province ⓘ
linked to: Heilongjiang

Jilin Province ⓘ
Liaoning Province ⓘ
linked to: Liaoning
result Communist victory ⓘ
startDate 1948-09-12 ⓘ
strategicSignificance shifted balance of Chinese Civil War in favor of Communists ⓘ
theater Northeast China theater ⓘ
linked to: Manchuria
timePeriod 1948 ⓘ
typeOfEngagement large-scale conventional warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

War of Liberation → significantEvent → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Huaihai Campaign → precededBy → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Liaoshen Campaign → alsoKnownAs → 辽沈战役 ⓘ
linked to: Liaoshen Campaign
Third Chinese Civil War → significantEvent → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Pingjin Campaign → precededBy → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Chinese Civil War → majorEvent → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Nationalist government forces → engagedIn → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Northeast Field Army → campaign → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Jinzhou → partOf → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Shenyang → partOf → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Liao Yaoxiang → campaign → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Liao Yaoxiang → associatedWith → Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
杜聿明 → 參與戰役 → 遼瀋戰役 ⓘ
linked to: Liaoshen Campaign