<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chinese Communist Revolution 中國 新 民主 主義 革命 第 二 次 國 共 內戰 ( Second Kuomintang - Communist Civil War ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Chinese Civil War ( since 1927 ) Part of the Cold War ( 1947 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> People 's Liberation Army occupies the Presidential Palace in Nanjing. April , 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1945 -- 1950 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Communist victory and takeover of mainland China </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China established in mainland China </Li> <Li> Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Communist Party </Li> <Li> Eighth Route Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> New Fourth Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> Communist militia , etc . </Li> <Li> People 's Liberation Army ( since 1947 ) </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China ( since Oct. 1 , 1949 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Republic of China </Li> <Li> Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang ) </Li> <Li> National Revolutionary Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces ( since 1947 Constitution ) </Li> <Li> Republic of China on Taiwan ( after 1949 retreat ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Chairman Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Commander - in - Chief Zhu De </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> President and Director - General Chiang Kai - shek </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,270,000 regulars ( 1945 - 09 ) </Li> <Li> 2,800,000 regulars ( 1948 - 06 ) </Li> <Li> 4,000,000 regulars ( 1949 - 06 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4,300,000 ( 1946 - 07 ) </Li> <Li> 3,650,000 ( 1948 - 06 ) </Li> <Li> 1,490,000 ( 1949 - 06 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 250,000 in three campaigns </Td> <Td> 1.5 million in three campaigns </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chinese Communist Revolution 中國 新 民主 主義 革命 第 二 次 國 共 內戰 ( Second Kuomintang - Communist Civil War ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Chinese Civil War ( since 1927 ) Part of the Cold War ( 1947 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> People 's Liberation Army occupies the Presidential Palace in Nanjing. April , 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1945 -- 1950 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Communist victory and takeover of mainland China </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China established in mainland China </Li> <Li> Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Communist Party </Li> <Li> Eighth Route Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> New Fourth Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> Communist militia , etc . </Li> <Li> People 's Liberation Army ( since 1947 ) </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China ( since Oct. 1 , 1949 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Republic of China </Li> <Li> Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang ) </Li> <Li> National Revolutionary Army ( until 1947 ) </Li> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces ( since 1947 Constitution ) </Li> <Li> Republic of China on Taiwan ( after 1949 retreat ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Chairman Mao Zedong </Li> <Li> Commander - in - Chief Zhu De </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> President and Director - General Chiang Kai - shek </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,270,000 regulars ( 1945 - 09 ) </Li> <Li> 2,800,000 regulars ( 1948 - 06 ) </Li> <Li> 4,000,000 regulars ( 1949 - 06 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4,300,000 ( 1946 - 07 ) </Li> <Li> 3,650,000 ( 1948 - 06 ) </Li> <Li> 1,490,000 ( 1949 - 06 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 250,000 in three campaigns </Td> <Td> 1.5 million in three campaigns </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the chinese communist revolution start and end
when did the chinese communist revolution start and end
1945 -- 1950
1945 -- 1950