The 3rd Corps() was a military formation of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army that existed from 1949 to 1952.
The 3rd Corps was activated on February 1, 1949 from 3rd Column,
Northwest Field Army
The First Field Army of the Chinese Communist Party was a Communist military formation in the last stages of the Chinese Civil War (1949–1950).
The Northwest Field Army was originally under the command of Peng Dehuai with He Long and Xi Zhongx ...
. Its history could be traced to 3rd Column of
Jinsui Military Region formed on November 10, 1947.
The corps took part in the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
under the command of
Northwest Field Army
The First Field Army of the Chinese Communist Party was a Communist military formation in the last stages of the Chinese Civil War (1949–1950).
The Northwest Field Army was originally under the command of Peng Dehuai with He Long and Xi Zhongx ...
, including the
Qinghai Campaign and
Gansu Campaign. By mid 1949 the corps was composed of
7th
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,
8th
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
and
9th Divisions.
[William W. Whitson, with Chen-hsia Huang. (1973) The Chinese high command; a history of Communist military politics, 1927-71. Foreword by Lucian W. Pye.]
From September 1949 the corps was stationed in
Zhangye
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-
Wuwei-
Jiuquan
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area for
Bandit Suppressing missions, during which the Corps absorbed a defected
Republic of China Army
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cavalry regiment, an independent regiment and a camel cavalry regiment.
In June 1952, the 3rd Corps was merged with the
1st Corps:
*Headquarters, 3rd Corps was converted to Military and Political Officer Academy of
Northwestern Military Region;
*
7th Division absorbed
9th Division, and was transferred to
1st Corps' control;
*
8th Division 8th Division, 8th Infantry Division or 8th Armored Division may refer to:
Infantry divisions
* 8th Division (Australia)
* 8th Canadian Infantry Division
* 8th Air Division (People's Republic of China)
* 8th Division (1st Formation) (People's Repu ...
was absorbed by
2nd Division, 1st Corps.
References
*陆军军史：中国人民解放军第三军, https://web.archive.org/web/20180310140036/http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0305/02/436642_191742007.shtml
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Military units and formations established in 1949
Military units and formations disestablished in 1952
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