The civil war between the government of the Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 30 September 1927 — March 1950; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 30 September 1927 — 1 October 1927
Battle of Shantou ↗
Source · Q4872362 - November 1930
First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q5452957 - December 1930
First Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q5452953 - 1 March 1931
Second Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q7443267 - 6 March 1931 — 12 March 1931
Battle of Shuangqiaozhen ↗
Source · Q15940930 - 1 April 1931 — 31 May 1931
Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q7443272 - 1 July 1931 — 18 September 1931
Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q7784838 - September 1931
Third Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q7784830 - 1932
Encirclement campaign against the Hunan–Western Hubei Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q5375459 - January 1933 — March 1933
Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q8565149 - 25 September 1933 — 10 October 1934
Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q5447513 - March 1934 — August 1934
First Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi–Gansu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q5452954 - April 1935 — July 1935
Second Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q16924641 - 20 August 1935 — 25 October 1935
Third Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi–Gansu Soviet
On the map ↗ Source · Q7784832 - 21 July 1945 — 9 August 1945
Yetaishan Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q8053018 - 10 August 1945 — 10 January 1946
Opening Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7096504 - 17 August 1945
Battle of Tianmen ↗
Source · Q4872550 - 17 August 1945 — 11 September 1945
Linyi Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6555199 - 24 August 1945
Battle of Wuhe ↗
Source · Q4872756 - 26 August 1945 — 22 September 1945
Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5925168 - 29 August 1945 — 1 September 1945
Xinghua Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q8044548 - 1 September 1945 — 13 September 1945
Battle of Dazhongji ↗
Source · Q4870851 - 4 September 1945 — 5 September 1945
Battle of Lingbi ↗
Source · Q4871560 - 5 September 1945 — 8 September 1945
Zhucheng Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q8071198 - 6 September 1945 — 9 September 1945
Battle of Lishi ↗
Source · Q4871567 - 8 September 1945 — 12 September 1945
Taixing Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7676641 - 9 September 1945 — 10 September 1945
Pingdu Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7195774 - 10 September 1945 — 12 October 1945
Shangdang Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5960763 - 18 September 1945
Battle of Xiangshuikou ↗
Source · Q4872761 - 21 September 1945
Battle of Rugao ↗
Source · Q4872213 - 29 September 1945 — 2 November 1945
Weixian–Guangling–Nuanquan Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7980433 - October 1945
Battle of Shicun ↗
Source · Q4872367 - 18 October 1945
Battle of Houmajia ↗
Source · Q4871246 - 22 October 1945 — 2 November 1945
Handan Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5647237 - November 1945 — April 1947
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027858 - 19 December 1945 — 26 December 1945
Gaoyou–Shaobo Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5521722 - 21 December 1945 — 30 December 1945
Battle of Tangtou–Guocun ↗
Source · Q4872501 - 19 January 1946 — 22 January 1946
Houma Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5913151 - 15 March 1946 — 17 March 1946
Battle of Siping ↗
Source · Q3950658 - 17 April 1946 — 19 May 1946
Campaign to Defend Siping
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027847 - 14 August 1946 — 1 September 1946
Datong–Puzhou Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5227710 - 21 August 1946 — 22 September 1946
Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an ↗
Source · Q4871249 - 25 August 1946 — 31 August 1946
Battle of Rugao–Huangqiao ↗
Source · Q4872214 - 2 September 1946 — 8 September 1946
Dingtao Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5278273 - 10 October 1946 — 20 October 1946
Battle of Kalgan ↗
Source · Q4871370 - 22 November 1946 — 1 January 1947
Lüliang Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6711552 - 21 January 1947 — 28 January 1947
Campaign to the South of Baoding
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027873 - 19 March 1947
Battle of Yan'an ↗
Source · Q16924897 - 8 April 1947 — 4 May 1947
Zhengtai Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q16924910 - 27 April 1947 — 28 April 1947
Battle of Tang'erli ↗
Source · Q4872499 - 11 June 1947 — 13 March 1948
Siping Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7525789 - 25 June 1947 — 6 July 1947
Campaign to the North of Baoding
On the map ↗ Source · Q19853280 - 17 July 1947 — 29 July 1947
Nanma–Linqu Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6963786 - 2 September 1947 — 12 September 1947
Campaign to the North of Daqing River
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027870 - 7 December 1947 — 9 December 1947
Battle of Phoenix Peak ↗
Source · Q4872027 - 9 December 1947 — 15 June 1948
Western Tai'an Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7988371 - 20 December 1947 — June 1948
Jingshan–Zhongxiang Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6202423 - 2 January 1948 — 7 January 1948
Gongzhutun Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q16924547 - 7 March 1948 — 18 May 1948
Linfen Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6553663 - 11 March 1948 — 21 March 1948
Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q8071089 - 23 May 1948 — 19 October 1948
Siege of Changchun ↗
Source · Q837376 - 29 May 1948 — 18 July 1948
Yanzhou Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q16924905 - 17 June 1948 — 19 June 1948
Battle of Shangcai ↗
Source · Q4872361 - 16 September 1948 — 24 September 1948
Battle of Jinan ↗
Source · Q4871339 - 5 October 1948 — 24 April 1949
Taiyuan Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6122219 - 7 October 1948 — 15 October 1948
Battle of Jinzhou ↗
Source · Q1006470 - 10 October 1948 — 15 October 1948
Battle of Tashan ↗
Source · Q4872515 - 15 November 1948 — 11 January 1949
Battle of Jiulianshan ↗
Source · Q16239687 - 22 November 1948 — 15 December 1948
Shuangduiji Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7504451 - 3 January 1949 — 15 January 1949
Tianjin Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q4467971 - 12 May 1949 — 2 June 1949
Shanghai Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q4520117 - 9 August 1949 — 27 August 1949
Lanzhou Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q6487716 - 5 September 1949 — March 1950
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabieshan
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027854 - 5 September 1949
Ningxia Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7038737 - 25 October 1949 — 27 October 1949
Battle of Guningtou ↗
Source · Q699096 - 1 November 1949 — 28 November 1949
Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County
On the map ↗ Source · Q5027871 - 3 November 1949 — 5 November 1949
Battle of Dengbu Island ↗
Source · Q4870864 - 27 November 1949 — 1 December 1949
Bobai Campaign ↗
Source · Q4934546 - 11 December 1949 — 27 December 1949
Chengdu Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q16924353 - 19 January 1950 — 31 January 1950
Battle of Bamianshan ↗
Source · Q4870405 - 14 February 1950 — 20 February 1950
Battle of Tianquan ↗
Source · Q4872553 - 23 February 1950
Battle of Nan'ao Island ↗
Source · Q4871855
Provenance and limits
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