Chinese Civil War
1927 CE – 1949 CE · 22 years
A decades-long struggle between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists — interrupted by WWII, then resumed until the Communists won in 1949, founding the People's Republic of China.
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Chinese Civil War on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Nationalists (Kuomintang)
- Communists (CPC)
Key moments
Defining events in the Chinese Civil War.
- 1927 Shanghai Massacre
- 1934–1935 Long March
- 1948–1949 Huaihai Campaign
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
China
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Trade route · East Asia
Tea Horse Road
700 CE – 1950 CE
Conflict · East Asia
Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 CE – 1945 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
Manchuria
Attested 1920 CE – 1945 CEConflict · East Asia
Northern Expedition (China)
1926 CE – 1928 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1927 CE and 1949 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Chinese Civil War《中国人民解放军历史资料图集 4 解放战争时期（上册）》 长城出版社 1984年10月 · Public domain
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaZeng Liansong · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Second Sino-Japanese WarUnknown photographer, Ministry of the Navy · Public domain
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- ManchuriaCIA · Public domain
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
