Linjiang Campaign

Linjiang Campaign
	Part of Chinese Civil War
	; Chinese Communist troops on top of snow-covered grounds
Date	December 17, 1946 – April 1, 1947; (3 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Linjiang, Northeast China
Result	Communist victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Du Yuming	Lin Biao
Strength
19 divisions	12 divisions
Casualties and losses
40,000	unknown

Linjiang Campaign (Chinese: 临江战役), also known by the communists as the Campaign of Going South of the River for Three time to Guard Linjiang for Four Times (San Xia Jiang Nan, Si Bao Linjiang Zhanyi, 三下江南四保临江战役), was a series of four failed offensives launched by the nationalists in an attempt to eliminate the communist base south of the Songhua River during the Chinese Civil War.

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