Civil War

Question 1

Campaigns

Answer 1

A) Struggle for Manchuria (1946-1947)
B) 'Strong Point Offensive' (1947)
C) Liaoshen Campaign (Sept-Nov 1948)
D) Hauihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949)
E) Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949)
F) 'Mop Up' (April 1949-)

Question 2

Struggle for Manchuria

Answer 2

• 200,000 troops to Manchuria
• CCP bases into strongholds like Harbin
• CCP Counterattacks
• NRA Pressure Attacks
• Civilian guerilla attacks on railways and airstrips

Question 3

‘Strong Point Offensive’

Answer 3

• NRA takes Yan’an
• Yan’an was abandoned
• GMD spreads across China to take strongholds
• NRA too thinly stretched
• CCP counterattacks destroy NRA lines
• CCP change in tactics

Question 4

Liaoshen Campaign

Answer 4

• CCP advancements to take all of Manchuria
• CCP take Jinzhou, vital GMD held railway
• CCP take Changchun and Shenyang, the last two GMD bases in Manchuria
• 400,000 NRA lost
• GMD loses Manchuria

Question 5

Huaihai Campaign

Answer 5

• NRA attempts to hold Xuzhou
• CCP attacks immediately after Liaoshen
• NRA starved out
• CCP reinforced with NRA deserters

Question 6

Pingjin Campaign

Answer 6

• CCP campaign for Beijing

- CCP takes Xinbaoan, Zhangjiakou, Tianjin before Beijing