Category: Chinese Civil War

Asia Pacific 1944

Operation Ichi-Go

In early 1944, the US had started preparing...

Asia Pacific 1945

Philippines Campaign

While its bombers hit Japan, the US secured...

Asia Pacific 1945

Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

By now the United States was ready to advance...

Asia Pacific 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima

Although Japan was now isolated and starving,...

Asia Pacific 1945

Japanese Surrender

When Japan failed to respond to the bombing of...

Asia Pacific 1945

Occupation of Japan

US forces arrived in Tokyo in late August to...

Asia Pacific 1945

Surrender of Japan's Overseas Forces

At the time of the Japanese surrender, Japan...

Asia Pacific 1946

Reclaiming China

During the war in China, the Communists had...

Asia Pacific 1947

Indonesian War of Independence

Indonesian nationalists had proclaimed...

East Asia 1948

Huaihai Campaign

By late 1948 the Communists were gaining the...

Asia Pacific 1949

Communist Victory in Northern China

In China, the uneasy truce between...

East Asia 1949

Communist Victory in North China

With their defeat at Xuzhou, the Nationalists...

East Asia 1949

Crossing the Yangtze

Peace negotiations broke down in April and the...

East Asia 1949

People's Republic of China

By late 1949, the Nationalist forces were...

Asia Pacific 1949

People's Republic of China

In April 1949, the Chinese Communists crossed...