Chinese Civil War

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Communists

Communist Party of China

Communist-controlled China

Chinese Soviet Republic

People's Republic of China

Mao Zedong Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Deng Xiaoping Chinese Red Army Zhou Enlai Peng Dehuai Zhu De Commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army Lin Biao Marshal, Commander of the Northeast Field Army; won the Liaoshen and Pingjin Campaigns Liu Bocheng Marshal, Commander of the Second Field Army Chen Yi Marshal, Commander of the Third Field Army

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Su Yu Deputy commander, Third Field Army, Directed the Huaihai Campaign

Nationalists

Republic of China Kuomintang-led government

Kuomintang

Chiang Kai-shek Director-General of the Kuomintang, Republic of China He Yingqin Li Zongren General, New Guangxi Clique; Acting President of the Republic of China, 1949 Du Yuming Lieutenant General, Nationalist field commander; captured at Huaihai Fu Zuoyi General, Surrendered the Beiping garrison, January 1949 Tang Enbo General, Commanded the Nationalist defense of Shanghai, 1949 Bai Chongxi belligerent leader

Battles and events 26

• Shanghai massacre April 12, 1927
• Nanchang Uprising August 1–5, 1927
• Autumn Harvest Uprising September 7, 1927
• Encirclement Campaigns November 1, 1930 – October 10, 1934
• Long March October 16, 1934 – October 19, 1935
• Zunyi Conference January 15–17, 1935
• Xi'an Incident December 12–25, 1936
• Shangdang Campaign September 10 – October 12, 1945
• Second Battle of Siping April 17 – May 19, 1946
• Linjiang Campaign December 17, 1946 – April 1, 1947
• Battle of Yan'an March 13–19, 1947
• Menglianggu Campaign May 13–16, 1947
• Siege of Changchun May 23 – October 19, 1948
• Liaoshen Campaign September 12 – November 2, 1948
• Taiyuan Campaign October 5, 1948 – April 24, 1949
• Huaihai Campaign November 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949
• Pingjin Campaign November 29, 1948 – January 31, 1949
• Yangtze River Crossing campaign April 20 – June 2, 1949
• Shanghai Campaign May 12 – June 2, 1949
• Battle of Guningtou October 25–27, 1949
• Battle of Dengbu Island November 3–5, 1949
• Chengdu Campaign December 11–27, 1949
• Landing Operation on Hainan Island March 5 – May 1, 1950
• First Taiwan Strait Crisis September 3, 1954 – May 1, 1955
• Second Taiwan Strait Crisis August 23 – December 2, 1958
• Third Taiwan Strait Crisis July 21, 1995 – March 23, 1996

Also involved 17

Liu Shaoqi Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party · Communists George C. Marshall Special envoy to China, Tried to mediate between the two sides in 1946 Yen Hsi-shan participant · Nationalists Chen Cheng General, Chief of the General Staff; later led the retreat to Taiwan · Nationalists Vasily Blyukher participant He Long Commander · Communists Xu Xiangqian Commander · Communists Ye Jianying Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army · Communists Hu Zongnan General, Captured Yan'an in 1947 · Nationalists Wei Lihuang General, Lost Manchuria in the Liaoshen Campaign · Nationalists Zhang Xueliang Commander of the Northeastern Army, Forced the 1936 truce with the Communists in the Xi'an Incident · Nationalists Nie Rongzhen Commander, North China Military Region, Pingjin Campaign · Communists Yang Dezhi participant · Communists Ji Xingwen participant Song Shilun participant · Communists Deng Hua participant · Communists Luo Ronghuan participant · Communists