Shanghai Campaign
The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by the communists, who enjoyed numerical superiority.
| Shanghai Campaign | |||||||
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| Part of Chinese Civil War | |||||||
People's Liberation Army troops on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, on May 23, 1949 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Republic of China Army 21st Army 51st Army 52nd Army 54th Army 75th Army 123rd Army 12th Army 35th Army Nanking-Shanghai Garrison Corps | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tang Enbo Liu Yuzhang Liu Changyi Chou Tse-jou Fang Chih |
Chen Yi Su Yu | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 210,000 | 290,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 153,000 (included those who surrendered and defected) | 34,000 (8,000 killed; 24,122 wounded; 1,951 missing) | ||||||
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