Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War

1946 – 1949

Result Communist victory

The Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party fought a full-scale civil war after the Second World War. The Communists won and the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan.

Contemporaries

Nationalists

Communists

Other

Kuomintang

Republic of China

Communist Party of China

People's Republic of China

Communist-controlled China

Chiang Kai-shek military commander

Chen Cheng military commander

Du Yuming military commander

Fu Zuoyi military commander

Wei Lihuang military commander

Bai Chongxi military commander

Mao Zedong military commander

Zhou Enlai military commander

Peng Dehuai military commander

Zhu De military commander

Lin Biao military commander

Liu Bocheng military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: c. 1,200,000

Units

Eighth Route Army National Revolutionary Army New 1st Army 88th Division (National Revolutionary Army) New Fourth Army 114th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

24th Group Army 63rd Group Army 64th Group Army Fourth Field Army Third Field Army 112th Mechanized Infantry Division 113th Mechanized Infantry Division 116th Mechanized Infantry Division 11th Garrison Division of Shenyang Military Region 129th Division (People's Republic of China) 137th Division (People's Republic of China) 148th Division (People's Republic of China) 197th Division (People's Republic of China) 198th Division (1st Formation) (People's Republic of China) 204th Division (People's Republic of China) 118th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China) 191st Motorized Infantry Brigade 196th Light Combined Arms Brigade 52nd Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade

71st Group Army 75th Group Army 79th Group Army 81st Group Army 82nd Group Army 83rd Group Army Northeastern Army Republic of China Army 1st Marine Division