Yangtze River Crossing Campaign

Name: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign
Start: 1949-04-20
End: 1949-06-02

20 Apr 1949 – 2 Jun 1949 · 32.06° N, 118.78° E

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When: 20 Apr 1949 – 2 Jun 1949
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 32.06° N, 118.78° E
Description: military campaign in the Chinese Civil War

Placed at the capital of Kiangsu.

Yangtze River Crossing campaign

Military campaign in the Chinese Civil War

The Yangtze River Crossing campaign was a military campaign launched by the People's Liberation Army to cross the Yangtze River and capture Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist government of the Kuomintang, in the final stage of the Chinese Civil War.

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Chinese Civil War (resumed phase)1 Apr 1946 · Civil war · Deaths 3,000,000

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