Battle of Luding Bridge
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The Battle of Luding Bridge was a pivotal 1935 engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, in which Communist forces seized a crucial suspension bridge under heavy fire to secure their strategic retreat.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Luding Bridge canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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event in the Long March ⓘ military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
First Red Army
NERFINISHED
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Fourth Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bridgeType | chain suspension bridge ⓘ |
| combatant |
Chinese Red Army
NERFINISHED
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Kuomintang forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Lin Biao
NERFINISHED
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Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| date | 1935 ⓘ |
| hasAftermath | Red Army continued northward on Long March ⓘ |
| historicalDebate |
degree of later propaganda embellishment
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extent of actual combat intensity ⓘ |
| involves | suspension bridge ⓘ |
| location |
Dadu River
NERFINISHED
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Luding County NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Chinese revolutionary propaganda
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Luding Bridge memorials ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
iconic episode in Communist revolutionary history
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symbol of Red Army heroism ⓘ |
| objective |
securing strategic retreat of Red Army
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seizure of Luding Bridge ⓘ |
| opponentObjective | block Red Army crossing of Dadu River ⓘ |
| partOf | Long March NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorEvent | earlier Long March engagements in Guizhou ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Chinese history textbooks
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PRC revolutionary films ⓘ |
| result | Communist victory ⓘ |
| side |
Chinese Communist Party
NERFINISHED
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Nationalist Government of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of crossing over Dadu River
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ensuring continuation of Long March ⓘ |
| successorEvent | subsequent Red Army movements toward Shaanxi ⓘ |
| tacticUsed |
frontal assault across suspension bridge
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storming bridge under heavy fire ⓘ |
| terrain |
mountainous region
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river gorge ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
machine guns
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small arms ⓘ |
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