Battle of Guangchang
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The Battle of Guangchang was a major 1934 clash between Chinese Communist forces and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist army during the Fifth Encirclement Campaign, resulting in a costly Communist defeat that weakened the Jiangxi Soviet.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Guangchang canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeader |
Mao Zedong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Chinese Communist forces
NERFINISHED
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Chinese Nationalist forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Fifth Encirclement Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Chiang Kai-shek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
heavy Communist casualties
ⓘ
loss of strategic positions by the Communists ⓘ weakening of the Jiangxi Soviet ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| date | 1934 ⓘ |
| era | Chinese Republican era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | further Nationalist advances into the Jiangxi Soviet ⓘ |
| foughtBetween | Chinese Communist forces and Nationalist forces ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| impactOnCommunists |
contributed to eventual abandonment of the Jiangxi Soviet
ⓘ
reduction of military strength in Jiangxi ⓘ |
| languageOfSources |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| location |
Guangchang County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jiangxi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Jiangxi Soviet region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major clash of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign
ⓘ
inflicting severe losses on the Chinese Red Army ⓘ |
| opponent |
Chinese Communist Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuomintang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | Communist defeat ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Encirclement campaigns against the Jiangxi Soviet NERFINISHED ⓘ Fifth Encirclement Campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier engagements of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jiangxi Soviet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Long March NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Nationalist victory ⓘ |
| sideCommandedBy | Chiang Kai-shek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
Communist defense of the Jiangxi Soviet base area
ⓘ
Nationalist encirclement and destruction of the Jiangxi Soviet ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement |
defensive battle by Communist forces
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offensive by Nationalist forces ⓘ |
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