Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

000 Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
1947-48	Communist victory
The Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China was a series of battles initiated by the Communist forces against the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. The nationalists lost a total of eight divisions plus one defected to the Communists, totaling 156,000 troops, and 17 cities and towns fell into the Communist hand. The Nationalist troops in northeast China was compressed into three isolated regions around Jinzhou, Changchun and Shenyang as a result of the three-month-long Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China, and the communist paved the way for the later victory in Liaoshen Campaign and Changchun.

1947-48

Communist victory

The Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China was a series of battles initiated by the Communist forces against the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. The nationalists lost a total of eight divisions plus one defected to the Communists, totaling 156,000 troops, and 17 cities and towns fell into the Communist hand. The Nationalist troops in northeast China was compressed into three isolated regions around Jinzhou, Changchun and Shenyang as a result of the three-month-long Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China, and the communist paved the way for the later victory in Liaoshen Campaign and Changchun.