Battle of Guanzhong (1946–1947)
1946 battle during the Chinese Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Guanzhong (关中战斗) was fought between the nationalists and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era and resulted in CCP victory.
Battle of Guanzhong | |||||||
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Part of Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of China | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hu Zongnan | Peng Dehuai | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,100 | 3,700 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,500 | unknown |
In the southern front of the nationalist dominated region bordering the revolutionary base area in Shaanxi – Gansu – Ningxia, the CCP controlled region in Guanzhong had formed a bulge that the nationalists had long planned to eliminate. The communist base in Guanzhong posed a serious threat to both Guanzhong and eastern Gansu, and also threatened the flank of the nationalist force in their planned attack on the communist capital, Yan'an. Nationalists had a total of two divisions, totaling six brigades in the region and decided to eliminate the communist base in Guanzhong first.