Shanghai Campaign
1949 Chinese military campaign / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Battle of Shanghai (disambiguation).
The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by the communists, who enjoyed numerical superiority.
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Shanghai Campaign | |||||||
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Part of Chinese Civil War | |||||||
![]() People's Liberation Army troops on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, on May 23, 1949 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
210,000 | 290,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
153,000 (included those who surrendered and defected) | 34,000 (8,000 killed; 24,122 wounded; 1,951 missing) |
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