Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign

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The Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign was a decisive 1949 military offensive by Chinese Communist forces that broke Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze and paved the way for the capture of Nanjing and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River ⓘ
Yangtze River Crossing Campaign ⓘ
belligerentSide Communist side ⓘ
Nationalist side ⓘ
combatant Chinese Communist Party forces ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
commandedBy People's Liberation Army commanders of the East China Field Army ⓘ
People's Liberation Army commanders of the Second Field Army ⓘ
conflict Chinese Civil War ⓘ
country China ⓘ
date April 1949 ⓘ
endDate 1949-04-23 ⓘ
era late Chinese Civil War ⓘ
followedBy Fuzhou Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fuzhou

Guangzhou Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Guangzhou

Shanghai Campaign ⓘ
geographicalFeature Yangtze River ⓘ
historicalPeriod Chinese Revolution (1945–1949) ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Revolution
involves amphibious assaults ⓘ
artillery bombardment of river defenses ⓘ
large-scale river crossing operations ⓘ
keyEvent Communist forces forced a large-scale river crossing of the Yangtze ⓘ
Nanjing was abandoned by Nationalist government forces ⓘ
Nationalist defensive positions along the Yangtze were overrun ⓘ
location Yangtze River ⓘ
eastern China ⓘ
militaryTheater Yangtze River front ⓘ
linked to: Yangtze River
objective to break Nationalist defensive line along the Yangtze ⓘ
to capture Nanjing ⓘ
to cross the Yangtze River ⓘ
opponent Kuomintang forces ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
partOf Chinese Communist Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Civil War
politicalConsequence accelerated negotiations breakdown between Communists and Nationalists ⓘ
undermined international support for continued Nationalist resistance ⓘ
precededBy Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
relatedTo founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
retreat of the Republic of China government to Taiwan ⓘ
result capture of Nanjing by Communist forces ⓘ
collapse of Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze River ⓘ
decisive Communist victory ⓘ
strategic breakthrough for the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
significance enabled Communist forces to advance into southern China ⓘ
marked the near-complete military defeat of the Kuomintang on the mainland ⓘ
paved the way for the establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
startDate 1949-04-20 ⓘ
year 1949 ⓘ

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War of Liberation → significantEvent → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ
Monument to the People's Heroes → hasRelief → Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Pingjin Campaign → followedBy → crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Yangtze River Crossing Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Third Field Army → participatedIn → Yangtze River Crossing Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Battle of Chinkiang → theatre → Yangtze River campaign ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Shanghai Campaign → precededBy → Yangtze River Crossing Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign