Huaihai Campaign
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.
Entities involved
Nationalists
Communists
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People
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist overall command
Nationalists
Mao Zedong
Overall PLA command
Communists
Deng Xiaoping
Political commissar; secretary of the front committee
Communists