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Chinese Civil War Beginning: 21 July 1943 End: 7 December 1949 Place: China Outcome: Imperial victory Communist uprisings suppressed Exile of the communists to Taiwan island. Formation of the Socialist Workers Party of China Autonomy granted to Kaifeng Jews and formation of the Kaifeng Autonomous Jewish community. Chinese economy falls into ruins. Major battles: Battle of Baoying Battle of Yongjiazhen Battle of Tianmen Battle of Lishi Battle of Shichun Battle of Shaobo Battle of Foshan Battle of Nanjing Siege of Shanghai Siege of Luoyang Shaobo Campaign Houma Campaign Gansu Campaign Hengxing Campaign Kaifeng Jewish Uprising Combatants  China Imperial Army Republicans Nationalists Taiping nationalists Kaifeng Jews People's Democratic Republic of China Communists Commanders Emperor Yuntai Chen Cheng Li Zongren Yan Xishan Chiang Kai-Shek Bai Chongxi He Yingqin Two-Gun Cohen Mao Zedong Zhu De Peng Dehuai Zhou Enlai Strength {{{side1strength}}} {{{side2strength}}} Casualties and Losses {{{side1casualties}}} {{{side2casualties}}}

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between the Imperial Government and forces of the Communist Party of China (CPC) lasting intermittently between 1943 and 1949. The war is generally divided into two phases with an interlude: from July 1943 to 1945, the Imperial government slowly lost land to Communist leaders as they ravaged China. From March 1945 until July 1945, hostilities were put on hold due to an armistice. The civil war resumed with the end of the Armistice and the Imperial government gained the upper hand in the final phase of the war from 1945 to 1949, generally referred to as the Chinese Imperial Reconquest.

The Imperial government regained control of mainland China and restoring the Chang Dynasty to Peking in 1949, forcing the leadership of the People's Democratic Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan. In December, the Communists surrendered to the Chang Dynasty, ending the Civil War. Although the Communists surrendered, their party continued through the Socialist Workers Party, based in the Province of Fujian.

Background

Following the collapse of the Qing dynasty in the aftermath of General Yuan Shikai's coup, China fell into a brief period of instability before Yuan Shikai assumed the throne of the newly formed Chang Dynasty. His reign became known as the Hongxian Era, named after his regnal name, with its capital in Peking. After the death of Yuan Shikai in 1926, his son,

Start

In 1945, the underground Communist Party organized a series of revolts across China. Major communist protests in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and even in Peking erupted. Some protests were quelled quietly while some were brutally crushed. The leader of the Communist Party, Mao Zedong decided to organize a rebellion in Guangzhou, the de facto capital of Chiang's regime. The previous protests in Guangzhou weren't brutally crushed, as it had been in Chengdu and Peking, but the protesters had been warned to cease all Communist activities by Chiang Kai-shek and the local governors. Many of the people participating in the rebellion were previous protesters gathered by Mao once again.

At nightfall of the 20th of July 1945, the Communist rebels armed themselves with secret shipments from the USSR and stormed Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Guangzhou Junta Palace), which served as the headquarters of the Kuomintang. The communists burned the building and captured the city. The local city of Foshan prepared itself for siege, as did the surrounding cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan along with the European colonies of Macau and Hong Kong. However, the Communists turned north with the main goal to capture Peking and bring an end to Imperial rule.

The rebellion was a success, due to most of the military leaders including Chiang himself on a military campaign in Henan. As Guangzhou fell to Communist hands, Mao Zedong declared the "People's Democratic Republic of China" the rightful government of China. With Mao declaring a de jure sovereign state, the Chinese Civil War begun.

The Great Northerly March

The Communist Army grew bigger and bigger as they advanced north. Local warlords tried to subdue the growing army, but with the Communist general's skilled planning, they won every battle. After marching for over 12 days, the Communist army laid siege to Wuhan, which was captured by Chiang Kai-shek during his Central Chinese Campaign. In less than a week the city fell and became the base of operations for the People's Democratic Republic of China.

As the Communists marched north, cities including Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang, Yan'an, and Kaifeng. Many locals were either conscripted into the Communist army or imprisoned in the captured city. The withdrawing Imperial Army couldn't do much to stop their advance towards Beijing, which resulted in the capture of Nanjing, a major Imperial city.