19 March 1947
Siege of Yanan
Nationalist forces capture Yan’an, the principal Communist base, though Communist field forces avoid decisive destruction.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Yanan in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Nationalist forces capture Yan’an, the principal Communist base, though Communist field forces avoid decisive destruction.
Communist forces reoccupy Yan’an after Nationalist troops withdraw from the area.
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