<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chinese Civil War 國 共 內戰 国共 内战 ( Kuomintang - Communist Civil War ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of Cross-Strait conflict and Cold War ( from 1947 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from the top : Communist troops at the Battle of Siping , Muslim soldiers of the NRA , Mao Zedong in the 1930s , Chiang Kai - shek inspecting soldiers , CCP general Su Yu investigating the troops shortly before the Menglianggu Campaign </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1 August 1927 -- 22 December 1936 ( 9 years , 4 months and 3 weeks ) </Li> <Li> 31 March 1946 -- 7 August 1950 ( 4 years , 4 months and 1 week ) </Li> </Ul> ( Kuomintang Islamic insurgency against the People 's Republic of China 's rule continued in the provinces of Gansu , Qinghai , Ningxia , Xinjiang , Yunnan until 1958 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Chinese Communist Party victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Major combat ended , but no armistice or peace treaty signed </Li> <Li> Small pockets of insurgency continued through the 1960s </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Li> Communist Party of China takeover of mainland China and Hainan </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China established in mainland China </Li> <Li> Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan </Li> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1927 -- 36 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang </Li> <Li> National Revolutionary Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> / Germany </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1927 -- 36 <Ul> <Li> Communist Party <Ul> <Li> Chinese Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army </Li> <Li> Chinese Soviet Republic ( 1931 -- 37 ) <Ul> <Li> Jiangxi -- Fujian Soviet ( 1931 -- 34 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Fujian People 's Government ( 1933 -- 34 ) Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> Communist International </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 -- 49 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang </Li> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1946 -- 49 <Ul> <Li> Communist Party <Ul> <Li> Pre-PLA troops and militia </Li> <Li> People 's Liberation Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> East Turkestan Republic ( 1944 -- 46 ) <Ul> <Li> Ili National Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 -- 61 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nationalist loyalist guerrillas , militias and regular troops left in Mainland China and Burma </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1949 -- 61 <Ul> <Li> People 's Republic of China <Ul> <Li> People 's Liberation Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chiang Kai - shek ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bai Chongxi </Li> <Li> Chen Cheng </Li> <Li> Li Zongren </Li> <Li> Yan Xishan </Li> <Li> He Yingqin </Li> <Li> Hu Zongnan </Li> <Li> Gu Zhutong </Li> <Li> Wei Lihuang </Li> <Li> Du Yuming </Li> <Li> Sun Li - jen </Li> <Li> Fu Zuoyi </Li> <Li> Liu Zhi </Li> <Li> Xue Yue </Li> <Li> Wang Yaowu </Li> <Li> Tang Enbo </Li> <Li> Huang Baitao † </Li> <Li> Zhang Lingfu † </Li> <Li> Zhang Xueliang </Li> <Li> Feng Yuxiang ( Until 1930 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Mao Zedong ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Zhu De </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Zhou Enlai </Li> <Li> Lin Biao </Li> <Li> Liu Bocheng </Li> <Li> He Long </Li> <Li> Chen Yi </Li> <Li> Luo Ronghuan </Li> <Li> Xu Xiangqian </Li> <Li> Nie Rongzhen </Li> <Li> Ye Jianying </Li> <Li> Deng Xiaoping </Li> <Li> Su Yu </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Wang Jiaxiang </Li> <Li> Ye Ting † </Li> <Li> Bo Gu † </Li> <Li> Li De </Li> <Li> Zhang Guotao ( Until 1936 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4,300,000 ( June 1946 ) </Li> <Li> 3,650,000 ( June 1948 ) </Li> <Li> 1,490,000 ( June 1949 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Li> 1,200,000 ( July 1945 ) </Li> <Li> 2,800,000 ( June 1948 ) </Li> <Li> 4,000,000 ( June 1949 ) </Li> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 1.5 million ( 1948 -- 49 )
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chinese Civil War 國 共 內戰 国共 内战 ( Kuomintang - Communist Civil War ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of Cross-Strait conflict and Cold War ( from 1947 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from the top : Communist troops at the Battle of Siping , Muslim soldiers of the NRA , Mao Zedong in the 1930s , Chiang Kai - shek inspecting soldiers , CCP general Su Yu investigating the troops shortly before the Menglianggu Campaign </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1 August 1927 -- 22 December 1936 ( 9 years , 4 months and 3 weeks ) </Li> <Li> 31 March 1946 -- 7 August 1950 ( 4 years , 4 months and 1 week ) </Li> </Ul> ( Kuomintang Islamic insurgency against the People 's Republic of China 's rule continued in the provinces of Gansu , Qinghai , Ningxia , Xinjiang , Yunnan until 1958 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Chinese Communist Party victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Major combat ended , but no armistice or peace treaty signed </Li> <Li> Small pockets of insurgency continued through the 1960s </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Li> Communist Party of China takeover of mainland China and Hainan </Li> <Li> People 's Republic of China established in mainland China </Li> <Li> Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan </Li> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1927 -- 36 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang </Li> <Li> National Revolutionary Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> / Germany </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1927 -- 36 <Ul> <Li> Communist Party <Ul> <Li> Chinese Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army </Li> <Li> Chinese Soviet Republic ( 1931 -- 37 ) <Ul> <Li> Jiangxi -- Fujian Soviet ( 1931 -- 34 ) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Fujian People 's Government ( 1933 -- 34 ) Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> <Li> Communist International </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 -- 49 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang </Li> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1946 -- 49 <Ul> <Li> Communist Party <Ul> <Li> Pre-PLA troops and militia </Li> <Li> People 's Liberation Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> East Turkestan Republic ( 1944 -- 46 ) <Ul> <Li> Ili National Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 -- 61 <Ul> <Li> Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Republic of China Armed Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nationalist loyalist guerrillas , militias and regular troops left in Mainland China and Burma </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1949 -- 61 <Ul> <Li> People 's Republic of China <Ul> <Li> People 's Liberation Army </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> Supported by : <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chiang Kai - shek ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Bai Chongxi </Li> <Li> Chen Cheng </Li> <Li> Li Zongren </Li> <Li> Yan Xishan </Li> <Li> He Yingqin </Li> <Li> Hu Zongnan </Li> <Li> Gu Zhutong </Li> <Li> Wei Lihuang </Li> <Li> Du Yuming </Li> <Li> Sun Li - jen </Li> <Li> Fu Zuoyi </Li> <Li> Liu Zhi </Li> <Li> Xue Yue </Li> <Li> Wang Yaowu </Li> <Li> Tang Enbo </Li> <Li> Huang Baitao † </Li> <Li> Zhang Lingfu † </Li> <Li> Zhang Xueliang </Li> <Li> Feng Yuxiang ( Until 1930 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Mao Zedong ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Zhu De </Li> <Li> Peng Dehuai </Li> <Li> Zhou Enlai </Li> <Li> Lin Biao </Li> <Li> Liu Bocheng </Li> <Li> He Long </Li> <Li> Chen Yi </Li> <Li> Luo Ronghuan </Li> <Li> Xu Xiangqian </Li> <Li> Nie Rongzhen </Li> <Li> Ye Jianying </Li> <Li> Deng Xiaoping </Li> <Li> Su Yu </Li> <Li> Chen Geng </Li> <Li> Wang Jiaxiang </Li> <Li> Ye Ting † </Li> <Li> Bo Gu † </Li> <Li> Li De </Li> <Li> Zhang Guotao ( Until 1936 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 4,300,000 ( June 1946 ) </Li> <Li> 3,650,000 ( June 1948 ) </Li> <Li> 1,490,000 ( June 1949 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Li> 1,200,000 ( July 1945 ) </Li> <Li> 2,800,000 ( June 1948 ) </Li> <Li> 4,000,000 ( June 1949 ) </Li> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> c. 1.5 million ( 1948 -- 49 )
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