The 54th Division () was activated in February 1949 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,
[《中央军委关于统一全军组织及部队番号的规定》, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7254c7350100xb56.html] from three independent regiments of Yuwansu Military District.
The division was a part of
18th Corps. Under the flag of 54th the division took part in the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...
, including the
Huaihai Campaign. In 1951 the division entered
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
along with the Corps. Several detachments from the division took part in the
Battle of Chamdo
The Battle of Chamdo (or Qamdo; ) occurred from 6 to 24 October 1950. It was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to take the Chamdo Region from a ''de facto'' independent Tibetan state.Shakya 1999 pp. 28–32. The campa ...
.
The division was then composed of:
*172nd Infantry Regiment;
*173rd Infantry Regiment;
*174th Infantry Regiment.
In June 1955, the division was transferred out of Tibet and moved to
Wuhan
Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
to form
1st Antiaircraft Artillery Division of Air Defense Force.
References
*中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html
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Infantry divisions of the People's Liberation Army
Military units and formations established in 1949
Military units and formations disestablished in 1955