Luding Bridge battle

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battle military engagement

The Luding Bridge battle was a pivotal 1935 engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, celebrated in Communist historiography for its daring assault across a chain suspension bridge under heavy fire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Luding Bridge battle canonical	1
泸定桥战斗	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Luding Bridge ⓘ
associatedWith	Chinese Red Army ⓘ surface form: First Red Army Mao Zedong ⓘ Zhou Enlai ⓘ
belligerent	Chinese Communist Party forces ⓘ Nationalist government forces ⓘ
bridgeTypeInvolved	chain suspension bridge ⓘ
celebratedBy	People's Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: People’s Liberation Army People's Republic of China government ⓘ surface form: People’s Republic of China government
ChineseName	Luding Bridge battle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 泸定桥战斗
combatant	Chinese Red Army ⓘ Central Army of the Kuomintang ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang forces
commemoratedIn	Chinese Communist historiography ⓘ
commemorationDay	May 29 ⓘ
conflict	Chinese Civil War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Republic of China ⓘ
date	1935-05-29 ⓘ
followedBy	continued northward phase of the Long March ⓘ
historicalDebate	extent of enemy resistance has been questioned by some historians ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
legacy	frequently depicted in Chinese revolutionary propaganda ⓘ taught in People’s Republic of China history education ⓘ
location	Luding County ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ
mediaDepiction	portrayed in Chinese revolutionary films ⓘ portrayed in Chinese revolutionary literature ⓘ
memorial	Luding Bridge memorial site ⓘ
narrativeRole	pivotal episode in official Long March narrative ⓘ
notableFeature	assault across a chain suspension bridge ⓘ attack conducted under heavy enemy fire ⓘ
objective	capture Luding Bridge intact ⓘ prevent destruction of the bridge by defending forces ⓘ
partOf	Long March ⓘ
precededBy	Red Army retreat toward Dadu River ⓘ
result	Chinese Red Army victory ⓘ
riverCrossed	Dadu River ⓘ
strategicSignificance	enabled continuation of the Long March ⓘ secured crossing of Dadu River ⓘ
symbolism	symbol of Red Army heroism ⓘ symbol of revolutionary sacrifice ⓘ
tactics	covering fire from Red Army units on near bank ⓘ small assault detachment sent across bridge chains ⓘ
year	1935 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Civil War (early phase) → hasMajorBattle → Luding Bridge battle ⓘ

Luding Bridge battle → ChineseName → Luding Bridge battle self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 泸定桥战斗