The Huaihai campaign, or Battle of Hsupeng, was one of the military conflicts in the late stage of the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The campaign started when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a major offensive against the Kuomintang headquarters in Xuzhou on 6 November 1948, and ended on 10 January 1949 when the PLA reached the north of the Yangtze.
People's Liberation Army troops, supported by captured M5 Stuart light tanks, attacking the Nationalist lines
Huaihai Campaign Memorial Tower in Xuzhou
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a CCP victory and control of mainland China in the Chinese Communist Revolution.
Image: Battle of Siping 03
Image: Shangtang
Image: Su Yu at Meng Liang Gu Battle 1947
Image: 1945 Chiang Kai shek inspected Chinese soldiers with shoes made of straw