Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign

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battle of the Chinese Civil War military campaign

The Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign was a decisive 1949 military offensive by Chinese Communist forces that broke Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze and paved the way for the capture of Nanjing and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yangtze River Crossing Campaign	2
Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River	1
Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign canonical	1
Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief	1
crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ surface form: Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign
belligerentSide	Communist side ⓘ Nationalist side ⓘ
combatant	People's Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Party forces People's Liberation Army ⓘ
commandedBy	East China Field Army ⓘ surface form: People's Liberation Army commanders of the East China Field Army People's Liberation Army commanders of the Second Field Army ⓘ
conflict	Chinese Civil War ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
date	April 1949 ⓘ
endDate	1949-04-23 ⓘ
era	late Chinese Civil War ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Fuzhou ⓘ surface form: Fuzhou Campaign Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou Campaign Shanghai Campaign ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Yangtze River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Chinese Revolution ⓘ surface form: Chinese Revolution (1945–1949)
involves	amphibious assaults ⓘ artillery bombardment of river defenses ⓘ large-scale river crossing operations ⓘ
keyEvent	Communist forces forced a large-scale river crossing of the Yangtze ⓘ Nanjing was abandoned by Nationalist government forces ⓘ Nationalist defensive positions along the Yangtze were overrun ⓘ
location	Yangtze River ⓘ eastern China ⓘ
militaryTheater	Yangtze River ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River front
objective	to break Nationalist defensive line along the Yangtze ⓘ to capture Nanjing ⓘ to cross the Yangtze River ⓘ
opponent	Central Army of the Kuomintang ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang forces National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution
politicalConsequence	accelerated negotiations breakdown between Communists and Nationalists ⓘ undermined international support for continued Nationalist resistance ⓘ
precededBy	Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
relatedTo	founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ retreat of the Republic of China government to Taiwan ⓘ
result	capture of Nanjing by Communist forces ⓘ collapse of Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze River ⓘ decisive Communist victory ⓘ strategic breakthrough for the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
significance	enabled Communist forces to advance into southern China ⓘ marked the near-complete military defeat of the Kuomintang on the mainland ⓘ paved the way for the establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
startDate	1949-04-20 ⓘ
year	1949 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

War of Liberation → significantEvent → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

Monument to the People's Heroes → hasRelief → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief

Pingjin Campaign → followedBy → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River

Third Field Army → participatedIn → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign