Lanzhou Campaign

Lanzhou Campaign
Part of the Chinese Civil War
DateAugust 9, 1949 – August 27, 1949
Location
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Result Communist victory
Belligerents

Republic of China Army

People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Ma Jiyuan
Ma Bufang		 Peng Dehuai
Strength
100,000 200,000
Casualties and losses
42,000 killed 11,000 killed

The Lanzhou Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era, and resulted in a communist victory.

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