Xiangjiang Campaign
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The Xiangjiang Campaign was a major and costly engagement during the Chinese Red Army’s Long March in 1934, where Communist forces suffered heavy losses while attempting to break through Nationalist encirclement in southern China.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiangjiang Campaign canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Chinese Communist Party forces
NERFINISHED
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Chinese Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuomintang forces NERFINISHED ⓘ National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy casualties for Communist forces ⓘ |
| cause | Nationalist encirclement campaigns against Communist base areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatType | land warfare ⓘ |
| commander |
Bai Chongxi
NERFINISHED
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Chiang Kai-shek NERFINISHED ⓘ He Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Lin Biao NERFINISHED ⓘ Liu Bocheng NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiao Ke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
contributed to later convening of the Zunyi Conference
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loss of equipment and supplies ⓘ loss of large proportion of Red Army personnel ⓘ prompted strategic reassessment within the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| date |
December 1934
ⓘ
November 1934 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
symbol of the Red Army’s heavy sacrifices during the Long March
ⓘ
turning point in the early phase of the Long March ⓘ |
| location |
Guangxi
NERFINISHED
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Xiang River NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Long March museums and memorials
ⓘ
People's Republic of China revolutionary historiography ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | First Front Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | southern front of the Long March ⓘ |
| objective |
break through Nationalist blockade lines
ⓘ
cross the Xiang River ⓘ |
| opponentStrategy | Nationalist encirclement and annihilation policy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Front Red Army retreat from Jiangxi Soviet
ⓘ
Long March NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| RedArmyAction |
forced river crossings under fire
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frontal assaults on fortified positions ⓘ rear-guard defensive battles ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Battle of the Xiang River
NERFINISHED
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Encirclement campaigns against the Jiangxi Soviet NERFINISHED ⓘ Zunyi Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
heavy losses for the Chinese Red Army
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severe reduction of Red Army strength ⓘ strategic breakthrough of Nationalist encirclement ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale engagement ⓘ |
| sideEffect |
demoralization among some Red Army units
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increased prestige of commanders who preserved surviving forces ⓘ |
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