Huaihai Campaign

November 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949 · Xuzhou

Result Communist victory

Decisive PLA offensive against the Nationalist headquarters at Xuzhou, 6 November 1948 to 10 January 1949; destroyed the bulk of Nationalist forces in central China.

On the map Contemporaries

Communists

Nationalists (Chinese Civil War)

Nationalists

Communist Party of China

Republic of China

Mao Zedong Overall PLA command

Deng Xiaoping Political commissar; secretary of the front committee

Liu Bocheng General, Commander of the Central Plains Field Army

Chen Yi General, Commander of the East China Field Army

Su Yu military commander

Chiang Kai-shek Nationalist overall command

Du Yuming Lieutenant General, Commander of the Xuzhou garrison; captured January 1949

Hu Lian military commander

Liu Zhi military commander

Huang Wei military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties: 134,000

Strength: 800,000

Units

Second Field Army Third Field Army

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