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Siege of Yanan

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

2Records
1947–1948Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1947

Chiang Kai-Shek19 March 1947

Yanan · Warfare / Civil War

Nationalist forces capture Yan’an, the principal Communist base, though Communist field forces avoid decisive destruction.

1948

Chiang Kai-ShekApril 1948

Yanan · Warfare / Civil War

Communist forces reoccupy Yan’an after Nationalist troops withdraw from the area.

Names involved

Chiang Kai-Shek

Provenance

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