Ep. 121 | The Chinese Civil War (Part 3)

This episode mainly covers the year 1948 and the three great campaigns that sealed Chiang Kai-shek’s fate on the Chinese mainland. The focus will be on the Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin Campaigns that not only grabbed all of north China and Manchuria for the Communists but the heartland and everything north of the Yangzi River as well.

By the end of 1948 all treasures, gold bullion, silver, currency, and tangible assets that the KMT could get their hands on were well on their way to Taiwan….just in case. Things had never looked grimmer for Chiang and all supporters of the Nationalist regime.

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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/TermChineseEnglish/Meaning
Anhui安徽Province in China
Chang Jiang长江The Yangzi River
Changchun长春Capital of Jilin province in Manchuria
Chen Cheng陈诚NRA General
Chen Cheng陈诚NRA General
Chen Mingren陈明仁NRA General
Chen Yi陈毅PLA General and future foreign minister
Chen Yun陈云One of Mao’s earliest political allies
Dabie Mountains大别山Mountain chain just northeast of Wuhan in Hubei province
Du Yuming杜聿明Nationalist General
Fenghua奉化City and county in Zhejiang, near Ningbo
Fu Zuoyi傅作义Nationalist General
Fujian福建Province in China
Gao Gang高岗PLA leader who served closely with Lin Biao
Geng Biao耿彪PLA leader
Guangdong广东Province in China
Guangxi广西Province in China
Han Gaozu汉高祖Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty
Hu Zongnan胡宗南Nationalist General
Huabei华北Northern China
Huaihai淮海Civil War Campaign in 1948
Huang Wei黄伟Nationalist General
Hubei湖北Province in China
Jiangsu江苏Province in China
Jin-Cha-Ji晋察冀another military region of the Communists covering parts of Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Hebei
Jinzhou锦州City in Liaoning province
Koxinga郑成功Ming Dynasty loyalist who fought on against the Qing from his Taiwan base. Also known as Cheng Ch’eng-kung
Li Fuchun李富春PLA General
Li Zongren李宗仁Nationalist General
Liaoning辽宁Province in Manchuria
Liaoshen辽沈Civil War Campaign in 1948
Lin Biao林彪PLA General in Manchuria and northern China
Liu Bocheng刘伯承PLA General (Deng Xiaoping partner in civil war)
Liu Shaoqi刘少奇Communist leader (and later Cultural Revolution main target)
Liu Zhi刘峙Nationalist General
Ma Yingjiu马英九Current president and chairman of the KMT
Manchukuo满洲国Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, capital was at Changchun
Nie Rongzhen聂荣臻NRA General
Peng Dehuai彭德怀PLA General
Pingjin平津Civil War Campaign in 1948
Shaan-Gan-Ning Bianqu陕甘宁边区The military region that covered parts of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia
Shanhaiguan山海关Located on the Hebei coast, this is the city where the Great Wall begins
Siping四平Site, in Jilin Province, of a major civil war campaign
Xi Zhongxun习仲勋Father of China’s current President and CCP Chairman
Xibaipo西柏坡Sit of Mao’s military headquarters after he was pushed out of Yan’an
Xikou溪口Town in Fenghua county, birthplace of Chiang Kai-shek
Xinbao’an新保安City located in between Zhangjiakou and Beijing in Hebei province
Xing Zhong Hui兴中会The Revive China Society, forerunner to the KMT
Xuzhou徐州City in Jiangsu province
Yang Shangkun杨尚昆Longtime
Zhang Wentian张闻天One of the 28 Bolsheviks who switched allegiance to Mao
Zhangjiakou张家口Strategic city in Hebei near Beijing where Mao headed to after Yan’an fell
Zhejiang浙江Province in China
Zhu De朱德PLA General

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