People's Liberation Army » Fourth Field Army

Army · Communist-controlled China · from October 31, 1945

Lin Biao's army in Manchuria, called the Northeast Democratic United Army and the Northeast Field Army before 1949.

November 1, 1945 – April 16, 1946 Enters Manchuria (approximate) · map
April 17, 1946 – May 19, 1946 Defends Siping (Second Battle of Siping) · map
May 25, 1946 – December 16, 1946 Falls back to Harbin · map
December 17, 1946 – April 1, 1947 Crosses the Songhua (approximate) (Linjiang Campaign) · map
May 23, 1948 – September 11, 1948 Besieges Changchun (Siege of Changchun) · map
September 12, 1948 – November 2, 1948 Takes Jinzhou, Changchun and Shenyang (Liaoshen Campaign) · map
November 29, 1948 – January 30, 1949 Takes Tianjin (Pingjin Campaign) · map
January 31, 1949 Enters Beiping · map
May 16, 1949 Takes Wuhan · map
October 14, 1949 Takes Guangzhou · map