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First Field Army

Army · Communist-controlled China · from March 16, 1947

Peng Dehuai's army in the northwest, called the Northwest Field Army before 1949.

View on map Fought in Chinese Civil War Wikipedia

Movements

March 16, 1947 – March 19, 1947 Battle of Yan'an Abandons Yan'an Map
May 1, 1947 – April 21, 1948 Fights in northern Shaanxi (approximate) Map
April 22, 1948 Retakes Yan'an Map
May 20, 1949 Takes Xi'an Map
August 26, 1949 Takes Lanzhou Map