Crossing of the Yangtze
1949 · Event
Communist forces cross the Yangtze and capture Nanjing, the Nationalist capital.
On these timelines: The Chinese Civil War, China, Master, Cold War
More from The Chinese Civil War
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Shanghai massacre (1927)
- The Xi'an Incident (1936)
- Huaihai Campaign (1948)
- The Northern Expedition unifies China (1926)
- The Liaoshen Campaign takes Manchuria (1948)
- Mao proclaims the Jiangxi Soviet (1931)
- Hyperinflation finishes the Nationalists (1948)
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- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Korean War (1950)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- World War II (1939)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- The Holocaust (1941)