Battle of Yiwu
| Battle of Yiwu (伊吾) | |||||||
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| Part of Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Republic of China | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yulbars Khan Abdullah | Hu Qingshan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 45,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ? | ? | ||||||
The Battle of Yiwu (伊吾), also called the Battle to Defend Yiwu (伊吾保卫战) by the Chinese Communist Party and resulted in a communist victory. After a portion of the local nationalist commanders in Xinjiang defected to the communists, the remaining nationalists loyal to Chiang Kai-shek refused to join the communists and one detachment of these loyal nationalists decided to take the town of Yiwu (Uyghur: Ara Türük) to turn it into a guerrilla base in order to resume guerrilla activities until the eventual return of Chiang.