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Capture of River Yangtze

China · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1949Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1949

Chiang Kai-Shek20 April 1949

River Yangtze · Warfare / Civil War

Communist forces cross the Yangtze River after peace negotiations fail, opening the final drive into Nationalist-held southern China.

Mao Tse-Tung20 April 1949

River Yangtze · Warfare / Civil War

The Communists cross the River Yangtze

Names involved

Chiang Kai-ShekMao Tse-Tung

Provenance

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