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The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date.Xiaobing Li, ''China at War: An Encyclopedia.'' (ABC-CLIO, 2012).
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Ancient China


Imperial China


Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE)


Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE)


Chu-Han Contention (206–202 BCE)


Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE)


Xin dynasty (9–23 CE) and early Eastern Han (25–36 CE)


Eastern Han – middle period (36–184)


End of the Han dynasty (184–220)


Three Kingdoms period (220–280)


Jin dynasty (265–420), the Southern Dynasties (420–587), the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) and the Northern Dynasties (386–581)


Sui dynasty (581–618)


Tang dynasty (618–907)


Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–960)


Song dynasty (960–1279)


Liao dynasty (907–1125)


Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)


Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)


Ming dynasty (1368–1644)


Qing dynasty (1644–1912)


Modern China


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Bai Lang Rebellion The Bai Lang Rebellion was a Chinese "bandit" rebellion lasting from mid 1913 to late 1914. Launched against the Republican government of Yuan Shikai, the rebellion was led by Bai Lang. His rebel army was an eclectic mix of anti-Yuan Shikai troops ...
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Second Chinese Revolution The Second Revolution () refers to a 1913 revolt by the governors of several southern Chinese provinces as well as supporters of Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang against the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China led by Yuan Shikai. It was ...
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World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
(1914-1918) *
National Protection War The National Protection War (), also known as the Anti-Monarchy War, was a civil war that took place in China between 1915 and 1916. Only three years earlier, the last Chinese dynasty, the Qing dynasty, had been overthrown and the Republic of C ...
(1915-1916)


Warlord Era

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Manchu Restoration The Manchu Restoration or Dingsi Restoration (), also known as Zhang Xun Restoration (), or Xuantong Restoration (), was an attempt to restore the Chinese monarchy by General Zhang Xun, whose army seized Beijing and briefly reinstalled the las ...
(1917) * Kuomintang pacification of Qinghai (1917-1949) ** Battle of Xiahe (1929) * Occupation of Mongolia (1919-1921) * Zhili–Anhui War (1920) * Guangdong–Guangxi War (1920-1922) * Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926) * Mongolian Revolution (1921) *
First Zhili–Fengtian War The First Zhili–Fengtian War (First Chihli-Fengtien War; ) was a 1922 conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing. The war led to the defeat of the Fengtian clique and the fall ...
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Second Zhili–Fengtian War The Second Zhili–Fengtian War (Second Chihli-Fengtien War; ) of 1924 was a conflict between the Japanese-backed Fengtian clique based in Manchuria, and the more liberal Zhili clique controlling Beijing and backed by Anglo-American business inte ...
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Anti-Fengtian War The Anti-Fengtian War () was the last major civil war within the Republic of China's northern Beiyang government prior to the Northern Expedition. It lasted from November 1925 to April 1926 and was waged by the Guominjun against the Fengtian cliqu ...
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Yunnan–Guangxi War The Yunnan–Guangxi War was a war of succession fought for control of the Chinese Nationalist Party after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. It was launched by the Yunnan clique against the party leadership and the New Guangxi clique. On 18 Ma ...
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Northern Expedition The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT), also known as the "Chinese Nationalist Party", against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926. The ...
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April 12 Incident The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supportin ...
(1927) * Muslim conflict in Gansu (1927–1930) * Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) *
Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong The Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong was an uprising of several allied Chinese warlord armies under the leadership of Zhang Zongchang in 1929. The rebels wanted to regain their former territories in Shandong from Liu Zhennian, the man w ...
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Central Plains War The Central Plains War () was a series of military campaigns in 1929 and 1930 that constituted a Chinese civil war between the Nationalist Kuomintang government in Nanjing led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and several regional military command ...
(1929-1930) **
Chiang-Gui War The Chiang-Gui War () was a military conflict between the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek against the warlord army of Guangxi that lasted from March until June 1929. A later conflict, the 2nd Chiang Gui-War, occurred between the two ...
(1929)


Nationalist government during the

Nanjing decade The Nanjing decade (also Nanking decade, , or the Golden decade, ) is an informal name for the decade from 1927 (or 1928) to 1937 in the Republic of China. It began when Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek took Nanjing from Zhili clique ...
(1927-1937)

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Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) The Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929 (, russian: Конфликт на Китайско-Восточной железной дороге) was an armed conflict between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang of ...
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Sino-Tibetan War The Sino-Tibetan War (, lit. Kham–Tibet dispute) was a war that began in 1930 when the Tibetan Army under the 13th Dalai Lama responded to the attempted seizure of a monastery. Chinese-administered eastern Kham region (later called Xikang), ...
(1930–1932) **
Qinghai–Tibet War The Qinghai–Tibet War or the Tsinghai–Tibet War was a conflict that took place during the Sino-Tibetan War. A rebellion led by the 13th Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama with British support wanted to expand the original conflict taking place between t ...
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Kirghiz rebellion The Kirghiz rebellion () occurred when Kyrgyz irregulars in Xinjiang revolted against the Republic of China in March 1932. The Kirghiz rebels, led by Id Mirab, revolted in the Tian Shan mountains as part of the wider Kumul Rebellion in Xinjiang ...
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Han–Liu War The Han–Liu War () was a major military conflict in late 1932 between the private army, private armies of Han Fuju and Liu Zhennian over Shandong. Even though Han as well as Liu were officially subordinates to the Chinese Nationalist government i ...
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Kumul Rebellion The Kumul Rebellion (, "Hami Uprising") was a rebellion of Kumulik Uyghurs from 1931 to 1934 who conspired with Hui Chinese Muslim Gen. Ma Zhongying to overthrow Jin Shuren, governor of Xinjiang. The Kumul Uyghurs were loyalists of the Kumul ...
(1930–1934) **
Kizil massacre The Kizil massacre () occurred in June 1933, when Uighur and Kirghiz Turkic fighters of the First East Turkestan Republic broke their agreement not to attack a column of retreating Hui Chinese soldiers and civilians from Yarkand New City on thei ...
(1933) ** Battle of Aksu (1933) ** Battle of Sekes Tash (1933) ** Battle of Kashgar (1933) ** First Battle of Urumqi (1933) **
Battle of Toksun The Battle of Toksun () occurred in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uyghur people, Uighur leader, defected with his forces to the newly enthroned government of Sheng Shicai. Khoja Niyas Hajji marched with his troops across Dawan Ch'eng and oc ...
(1933) ** Second Battle of Urumqi (1934) ** Battle of Kashgar (1934) **
Battle of Yangi Hissar The Battle of Yangi Hissar () was a confrontation that took place during the Xinjiang Wars. In April 1934 Gen. Ma Zhancang led the New 36th Division in an attack on Uighur forces at Yangi Hissar, wiping out the entire Uighur force of 500 and kil ...
(1934) **
Battle of Yarkand The Battle of Yarkhand () was a confrontation that took place in April 1934 at Yarkand, Xinjiang, China. Gen. Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim army defeated Uighur and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammed Zahir Shah, and killed them all. The emir A ...
(1934) ** Charkhlik Revolt (1934) *
Fujian Rebellion The Fujian People's Government (or spelled as the Fukien People's Government) is the common name for the People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China (1933–1934) (), also known as the Fujian People's Government (), was a s ...
(1933–34) * Soviet invasion of Xinjiang (1934) **
Battle of Tutung The Battle of Tutong () of 1934 occurred when Gen. Ma Zhongying's Hui people, Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army), 36th Division was attacked by the Soviet Red Army on the banks of the frozen Tutung River. The battle took p ...
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Battle of Dawan Cheng The Battle of Dawan Cheng () of 1934 occurred when Gen. Ma Zhongying's Hui people, Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army), New 36th Division encountered a Red Army, Soviet Russian Army armoured car column. The New 36th Divisio ...
* War in Ningxia (1934) * Charkhlik revolt (1935) *
Xinjiang War (1937) In 1937 an Islamic rebellion broke out in southern Xinjiang Province, Republic of China, Xinjiang. The rebels were 1,500 Uighurs, Uighur Muslims led by Kichik Akhund, who was tacitly aided by the new 36th Division, against the pro-Soviet provi ...


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 ...
(First phase, 1927–1936)

*1927 —
Shanghai massacre The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supportin ...
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Nanchang Uprising The Nanchang Uprising () was the first major Nationalist Party of China–Chinese Communist Party engagement of the Chinese Civil War, begun by the Chinese Communists to counter the Shanghai massacre of 1927 by the Kuomintang. The Kuomint ...
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Autumn Harvest Uprising The Autumn Harvest Uprising was an insurrection that took place in Hunan and Kiangsi (Jiangxi) provinces of China, on September 7, 1927, led by Mao Tse-tung, who established a short-lived Hunan Soviet. After initial success, the uprising was ...
*1927 —
Guangzhou Uprising Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, sou ...
*1930–31 — First Encirclement Campaign *1931 — Second Encirclement Campaign *1931 — Third Encirclement Campaign *1932 — Fourth Encirclement Campaign *1933–34 — Fifth Encirclement Campaign *1934–1936 —
Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Red Army, Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Revolut ...
**1935 — Battles at
Luding Bridge Luding Bridge () is a bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an. The bridge dates from the Qing Dynasty and is considered a histo ...


Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
(1931-1945, part of
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
from
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
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Ili Rebellion The Ili Rebellion () (Üch Wiläyt inqilawi) was a Uyghur separatist movement backed by the Soviet Union against the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China in 1944. After the start of the rebellion, the rebels established the Provision ...
(1944–1949)

*1946–1948 —
Battle of Baitag Bogd The Battle of Baitag Bogd Mountain ( mn, Байтаг богдын тулгарал, translit=Baitag bogdyn tulgaral) or Beitashan Incident (; alternatively ''Baitak Bogdo incident'') was a border conflict between China, Mongolia, and the Sovi ...
(Pei-ta-shan Incident)


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 ...
(Second phase, 1945–1949)

Conflicts 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 ...
in the post-World War II era are listed chronologically by the starting dates.


1945

*July 21, 1945 – August 8, 1945 — Yetaishan Campaign *August 13, 1945 – August 19, 1945 — Southern Jiangsu Campaign *August 13, 1945 – August 16, 1945 —
Counteroffensive in Eastern Hubei In the study of military tactics, a counter-offensive is a large-scale strategic offensive military operation, usually by forces that had successfully halted the enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions. The counter-offensive ...
*August 15, 1945 – August 23, 1945 —
Battle of Baoying The Battle of Baoying (宝应战斗) was a part of the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era. The battle was fought in the Baoying (宝应) region in central Jiangsu. It was a clash between the Communist Party of China, communi ...
*August 16, 1945 – August 19, 1945 — Battle of Yongjiazhen *August 17, 1945 – August 27, 1945 —
Battle of Tianmen The Battle of Tianmen (天门战斗) was a battle between the nationalists and the communists immediately after World War II during the Chinese Civil War in Tianmen, Hubei, China and resulted in communist victory. Prelude Like similar clashes ...
*August 17, 1945 – August 25, 1945 — Pingyu Campaign *August 17, 1945 – September 11, 1945 — Linyi Campaign *August 24, 1945 – August 24, 1945 — Battle of Wuhe *August 26, 1945 – August 27, 1945 —
Battle of Yinji The battle of Yinji (尹集战斗) was a battle fought at the Yin Village (Yinji, 尹集) of Wuyang (舞阳) County in southern Henan, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who re ...
*August 26, 1945 – September 22, 1945 — Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign *August 29, 1945 – September 1, 1945 — Xinghua Campaign *September 1, 1945 – September 13, 1945 —
Battle of Dazhongji The Battle of Dazhongji (大中集战斗) was fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era in Jiangsu, China and resulted in the communist victory. Prelude Like other s ...
*September 4, 1945 – September 5, 1945 —
Battle of Lingbi The Battle of Lingbi (灵璧战斗) was a battle fought at the Lingbi (灵璧) region in Anhui, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World W ...
*September 5, 1945 – September 8, 1945 — Zhucheng Campaign *September 5, 1945 – September 22, 1945 — Shanghe Campaign *September 6, 1945 – September 9, 1945 —
Battle of Lishi The Campaign of Wuhe (离石战斗) was a battle fought at the Lishi, Shanxi, China, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War II. Th ...
*September 7, 1945 – September 10, 1945 —
Pingdu Campaign The Pingdu Campaign (平度战役) was a 1945 campaign fought between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War II. The battle was one of the Chinese Civil War in ...
*September 8, 1945 – September 12, 1945 —
Taixing Campaign Taixing Campaign (泰兴战役) was a series of battles fought in the Taixing (泰兴) region in central Jiangsu, and was a clash between the Communists and former Nationalists who fought for the Japanese puppet regime and rejoined the Nationali ...
*September 10, 1945 – October 12, 1945 —
Shangdang Campaign The Shangdang Campaign () was a series of battles fought between Eighth Route Army troops led by Liu Bocheng and Kuomintang troops led by Yan Xishan (aka Jin clique) in what is now Shanxi Province, China. The campaign lasted from 10 September ...
*September 13, 1945 – September 17, 1945 —
Wudi Campaign The Wudi Campaign (无棣战役) was a campaign fought in Wudi County in northern Shandong, and it was a clash between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists after World War ...
*September 18, 1945 – September 18, 1945 —
Battle of Xiangshuikou The Battle of Xiangshuikou ( zh, s=响水口战斗) was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists in northern Jiangsu during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in a communist victory. Pr ...
*September 21, 1945 – September 21, 1945 —
Battle of Rugao The Battle of Rugao (如皋战斗) was fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the town of Rugao, in Jiangsu Province, during the Chinese Civil War immediately after the World War II era and resulted in a communist ...
*September 29, 1945 – November 2, 1945 — Weixian–Guangling–Nuanquan Campaign *October, 1945 – October, 1945 — Battle of Shicun *October 3, 1945 – November 10, 1945 — Yancheng Campaign *October 17, 1945 – December 14, 1945 — Tongbai Campaign *October 18, 1945 – October 18, 1945 —
Battle of Houmajia The Battle of Houmajia () was a battle fought between the nationalists and the communists in the Houmajia region of Lingbi (灵壁) County of Anhui, China during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in a comm ...
*October 22, 1945 – November 2, 1945 — Handan Campaign *October 25, 1945 – November 16, 1945 —
Battle of Shanhai Pass The Battle of Shanhai Pass, fought on May 27, 1644 at Shanhai Pass at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, Great Wall, was a decisive battle leading to the beginning of the Qing dynasty rule in China proper. There, the Qing prince-regen ...
*October 26, 1945 – October 30, 1945 — Campaign Along the Datong–Puzhou Railway *November, 1945 – April, 1947 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China Campaign or The Campaign may refer to: Types of campaigns * Campaign, in agriculture, the period during which sugar beets are harvested and processed *Advertising campaign, a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme *Bl ...
*November 3, 1945 – November 4, 1945 — Battle of Jiehezhen *December 19, 1945 – December 21, 1945 — Battle of Shaobo *December 19, 1945 – December 26, 1945 — Gaoyou–Shaobo Campaign *December 21, 1945 – December 30, 1945 —
Battle of Tangtou–Guocun The Battle of Tangtou–Guocun (塘头郭村战斗) was a series of clashes between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post- World War II era in Jiangsu, China and resulted in the communist victo ...


1946

*January 19, 1946 – January 26, 1946 — Houma Campaign *March 15, 1946 – March 17, 1946 —
Battle of Siping The Battle of Siping (四平战斗), also known as the Battle to Liberate Siping (四平解放战), was a battle fought between the Communist forces and the Nationalist forces in Jilin, China for the control of Siping during the Chinese Civil Wa ...
*April 10, 1946 – April 15, 1946 — Jinjiatun Campaign *April 17, 1946 – May 19, 1946 —
Campaign to Defend Siping The Campaign to Defend Siping (四平保卫战) was a struggle between the Nationalists and the communists for the control of Siping during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era. This campaign was characterized by the fact that th ...
*June 22, 1946 – August 31, 1946 — Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket *June 12, 1946 – September 1, 1946 —
Campaign along the Southern Section of Datong–Puzhou Railway Campaign along the Southern Section of the Datong-Puzhou Railway (同蒲路南段战役) was a campaign fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era and resulted in the communist v ...
*July 31, 1946 – September 16, 1946 — Datong–Jining Campaign **August 10, 1946 – August 22, 1946 — Longhai Campaign *August 14, 1946 – September 1, 1946 — Datong–Puzhou Campaign *August 21, 1946 – September 22, 1946 — Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an *August 25, 1946 – August, 1946 — Battle of Rugao–Huangqiao *September 2, 1946 – September 8, 1946 —
Dingtao Campaign Dingtao Campaign (定陶战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory. Prelude After the defeat of Longhai Campa ...
*September 22, 1946 – September 24, 1946 — Linfen–Fushan Campaign *October 10, 1946 – October 20, 1946 —
Battle of Kalgan The Battle of Kalgan was a battle occurring during the off and on mediation of a cease fire between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party by George Marshall. It was fought in the renamed city of Zhangjiakou, China. Prelude Around Septemb ...
*November 10, 1946 – November 11, 1946 — Battle of Nanluo–Beiluo *November 22, 1946 – January 1, 1947 —
Lüliang Campaign Lüliang campaign (吕梁战役), also called Southwestern Shanxi campaign (晋西南战役), was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in Lüliang region in southwestern Shanxi during the Chinese Civil War in ...
*December 17, 1946 – April 1, 1947 — Linjiang Campaign *December 31, 1946 – January 30, 1947 — Battle of Guanzhong *
Pei-ta-shan Incident The Battle of Baitag Bogd Mountain ( mn, Байтаг богдын тулгарал, translit=Baitag bogdyn tulgaral) or Beitashan Incident (; alternatively ''Baitak Bogdo incident'') was a border conflict between China, Mongolia, and the Sovie ...


1947

*January 21, 1947 – January 28, 1947 — Campaign to the South of Baoding *April 24, 1947 – April 25, 1947 — Battle of Niangziguan *April 27, 1947 – April 28, 1947 — Battle of Tang'erli *May 13, 1947 – May 16, 1947 —
Menglianggu Campaign The Menglianggu campaign () was fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era and resulted in communist victory. The campaign was later used by the communists as a specific battle ...
*May 13, 1947 – July 1, 1947 — Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China *May 28, 1947 – May 31, 1947 — Heshui Campaign *June 11, 1947 – March 13, 1948 — Siping Campaign *June 26, 1947 – July 6, 1947 — Campaign to the North of Baoding *July 17, 1947 – July 29, 1947 — Nanma–Linqu Campaign *August 13, 1947 – August 18, 1947 —
Meridian Ridge Campaign The Meridian Ridge Campaign () was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in the Shaanxi province of northwest China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, resulting in a nationalist victory. Pr ...
*September 2, 1947 – September 12, 1947 — Campaign to the North of Daqing River *September 14, 1947 – November 5, 1947 —
Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China The Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China () was a series of battles initiated by the communists against the Kuomintang, nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Prelude After the defeats of the Summer Offensive of 1947 ...
*October 2, 1947 – October 10, 1947 — Sahe Mountain Campaign *October 29, 1947 – November 25, 1947 —
Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains The Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains (伏牛山东麓战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II for the control of western Hubei and ...
*December 15, 1947 – March 15, 1948 —
Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China The Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China () was a series of battles initiated by the Communist forces against the Kuomintang (Nationalists) during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Prelude After the Summer Offensive of 1947 in Nor ...
*December 7, 1947 – December 9, 1947 —
Battle of Phoenix Peak The Battle of Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding) is also called the Battle to Check Enemy's Advance at Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding Zu Ji Zhan) by the Chinese Communist Party, and it was a battle fought during Laiyang Campaign between the nationali ...
*December 9, 1947 – June 15, 1948 — Western Tai'an Campaign *December 11, 1947 – January, 1948 — Counter-Eradication Campaign in Dabieshan *December 20, 1947 – June 1948 —
Jingshan–Zhongxiang Campaign The Jingshan–Zhongxiang Campaign was a half-year-long struggle in Hubei between the nationalists and the communists for the control of Jingshan and Zhongxiang regions during the Chinese Civil War; it resulted in communist victory. In the sec ...


1948

*January 2, 1948 – January 7, 1948 — Gongzhutun Campaign *March 7, 1948 – May 18, 1948 —
Linfen Campaign Linfen Campaign (临汾战役) was a series of battles fought between the communists and the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War to control the city of Linfen, and resulted in the communist victory. Prelude After the Yuncheng Campaign ( ...
*March 11, 1948 – March 21, 1948 — Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign *May 12, 1948 – June 25, 1948 — Hebei–Rehe–Chahar Campaign *May 23, 1948 – October 19, 1948 —
Siege of Changchun The siege of Changchun was a military blockade undertaken by the People's Liberation Army against Changchun between May and October 1948, the largest city in Manchuria at the time, and one of the headquarters of the Republic of China Army in Nor ...
*May 29, 1948 – July 18, 1948 — Yanzhou Campaign *June 17, 1948 – June 19, 1948 — Battle of Shangcai *September 12, 1948 – November 12, 1948 — Liaoshen Campaign *October 5, 1948 – April 24, 1949 — Taiyuan Campaign *October 7, 1948 – October 15, 1948 —
Battle of Jinzhou Battle of Chinchow () was a battle between the People's Liberation Army and the National Revolutionary Army during the Liaoshen Campaign in the Chinese Civil War. The battle was a turning point in the campaign, which eventually led to capture o ...
*October 10, 1948 – October 15, 1948 —
Battle of Tashan The Battle of Tashan () was a battle during the Chinese Civil War fought in the western part of Northeast China, between forces of the Kuomintang National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and the communist People's Liberation Army (PLA), and resulted in a ...
*November 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949 — Huaihai Campaign *November 15, 1948 – January 11, 1949 — Battle of Jiulianshan *November 22, 1948 – December 15, 1948 — Shuangduiji Campaign *November 29, 1948 – January 31, 1949 — Pingjin Campaign *
Pei-ta-shan Incident The Battle of Baitag Bogd Mountain ( mn, Байтаг богдын тулгарал, translit=Baitag bogdyn tulgaral) or Beitashan Incident (; alternatively ''Baitak Bogdo incident'') was a border conflict between China, Mongolia, and the Sovie ...


1949

*January 3, 1949 – January 15, 1949 — Tianjin Campaign *April, 1949 – June, 1950 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern China The Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern China was a counterinsurgency campaign that the Chinese communists fought against. The nationalist guerrilla movement, that mostly consisted of bandits and nationalist regular troops, was left behin ...
*April, 1949 – June, 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China *May 12, 1949 – June 2, 1949 —
Shanghai Campaign The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by ...
*May 17, 1949 – June 16, 1949 — Xianyang Campaign *August 9, 1949 – August 27, 1949 — Lanzhou Campaign *August 9, 1949 – December, 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Eastern China *August 24, 1949 – September, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Fujian *September 5, 1949 – September 24, 1949 — Ningxia Campaign *September 5, 1949 – March, 1950 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabieshan Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabie Shan, Dabieshan was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsurgency campaign the Communist Party of China, communists fought against the Kuomintang, nationalist guerrilla that was mostly consisted of bandits and natio ...
*October 25, 1949 – October 27, 1949 —
Battle of Guningtou The Battle of Kuningtou or Battle of Guningtou (), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (), was a battle fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in t ...
*November, 1949 – July, 1953 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northwestern China The Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northwestern China was a counter- guerrilla/counter-insurgency campaign the People's Liberation Army (PLA) fought against the Nationalist guerrilla force let in Mainland China. The Nationalist forces mainly ...
*November 1, 1949 – November 28, 1949 — Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County *November 3, 1949 – November 5, 1949 —
Battle of Dengbu Island The Battle of Dengbu Island () was a conflict between the Republic of China Army and People's Liberation Army over Dengbu Island (in the Zhoushan Islands) near mainland China. This conflict occurred from 3 November 1949 to 5 November 1949 and ...
*November 17. 1949 – December 1, 1949 — Bobai Campaign *December 3, 1949 – December 26, 1949 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Lianyang *December 6, 1949 – December 7, 1949 — Battle of Liangjiashui *December 7, 1949 – December 14, 1949 — Battle of Lianyang *December 17, 1949 – December 18, 1949 —
Battle of Jianmenguan The Chengdu campaign was a campaign fought between the Communists and the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era and resulted in Communist victory and capture of Chengdu, national capital of the Republic of China ...


1950

*January, 1950 – June, 1955 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Wuping *January 15, 1950 – May 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi *January 19, 1950 – January 31, 1950 — Battle of Bamianshan *February, 1950 – December 1953 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Southwestern China The campaign to suppress bandits in southwestern China was a counterinsurgency campaign waged by the forces of the Chinese Communist Party against the Chinese Nationalist guerrillas, mostly consisting of bandits and regular nationalist forces no ...
*February 4, 1950 – December, 1950 —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Longquan Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Longquan was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsurgency campaign the communists fought against the nationalist guerrilla that was mostly consisted of bandits and nationalist regular troops left behind after the nation ...
*February 14, 1950 – February 20, 1950 —
Battle of Tianquan The Battle of Tianquan was a battle fought between the communists and the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era and resulted in communist victory. It is also called "The Battle to Defend Tianquan" (Tianquan Baow ...
*March 3, 1950 – March 3, 1950 —
Battle of Nan'ao Island The Battle of Nan'ao island (Nan'ao Dao, 南澳岛) was a battle fought between the nationalists (Kuomintang) and the communists. Nan'ao Island (Nan'ao Dao, 南澳岛) of Swatow (now known as Shantou) remained in the nationalist hands after G ...
*March 5, 1950 – May 1, 1950 —
Landing Operation on Hainan Island The Battle of Hainan Island occurred in 1950 during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War. The People's Republic of China (PRC) conducted an amphibious assault on the island in mid-April, assisted by the independent Hainan Communist movement, w ...
*March 29, 1950 – May 7, 1950 —
Battle of Yiwu The Battle of Yiwu (伊吾) is also called the Battle to Defend Yiwu (伊吾保卫战) by the Chinese Communist Party and resulted in the communist victory. After the local nationalist commanders in Xinjiang defected to the communist side, many na ...
*May 11, 1950 – May 11, 1950 —
Battle of Dongshan Island The Battle of Dongshan Island () was a battle fought between the Nationalists and the Communists over the control of the Eastern Mountain (Dongshan, 东山) Island at the southern tip of Fujian, China. It resulted in the Communists taking the is ...
*May 25, 1950 – August 7, 1950 —
Wanshan Archipelago Campaign The Wanshan Archipelago Campaign (万山群岛战役) was a campaign fought between nationalist and communist forces for the control of Wanshan Archipelago (''Wanshan Qundao'', 万山群岛), and resulted in communist victory. The archipelago ...
*August 9, 1950 – August 9, 1950 — Battle of Nanpéng Island *September, 1950 – January, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern Guangdong *September 22, 1950 – November 29, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in northeastern Guizhou *October 15, 1950 – November, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in the Border Region of Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan *October 15, 1950 – December, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Hunan *December 13, 1950 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan *December 20, 1950 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Liuwandashan


1951

*January 8, 1951 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Yaoshan *April 15, 1951 – September, 1951, —
Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Guangxi The Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsurgency campaign the communists fought against the nationalist guerrilla force that mostly consisted of bandits and nationalist regular troops left behind after the n ...


1952

*April 11, 1952 – April 15, 1952 —
Battle of Nanri Island The Battle of Nanri Island () was a conflict between the Republic of China Army (ROCA) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), over Nanri Island in today's Nanri Town, Xiuyu District, Putian, Fujian, People's Republic of China off the coast of ...
*June 13, 1952 – September 20, 1952 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Heishui *September 20, 1952 – October 20, 1952 — Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago


1953

*May 29, 1953 – May 29, 1953 — Battle of Dalushan Islands *July 16, 1953 – July 18, 1953 —
Dongshan Island Campaign The Dongshan Island Campaign () was a battle fought on Dongshan Island, Fujian between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Chinese Civil War when the Nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to retake the island from the Communists. Th ...


1955

*January 18, 1955 – January 20, 1955 —
Battle of Yijiangshan Islands The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands () was a conflict between forces of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China, over one of the last strongholds ...
*January 19, 1955 – February 26, 1955 —
Battle of Dachen Archipelago The Battle of Dachen Archipelago () was a struggle between the Nationalists and the Communists for the control of several archipelagos just off the coast of Zhejiang, China, during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era, and it was ...


1960

*November 14, 1960 – February 9, 1961 — Campaign at the China-Burma Border


1950–1958

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Kuomintang Islamic insurgency The Kuomintang Islamic insurgency () was a continuation of the Chinese Civil War by Chinese Muslim nationalist Kuomintang Republic of China Army forces mainly in Northwest China, in the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang, an ...


Annexation of Tibet (1950)

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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 campai ...
(1950) *
Lhasa Uprising The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreem ...
(1959)


Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
(1950–1953)


Sino-Indian War The Sino-Indian War took place between China and India from October to November 1962, as a major flare-up of the Sino-Indian border dispute. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tib ...
(1962)

The Sino-Indian War between China and India occurred in October–November 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main cause of the war. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama. India initiated a defensive Forward Policy from 1960 to hinder Chinese military patrols and logistics, in which it placed outposts along the border, including several north of the McMahon Line, the eastern portion of the Line of Actual Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1959


Nathu La and Cho La clashes The Nathu La and Cho La clashes, sometimes referred to as the Sino-Indian War of 1967, consisted of a series of border clashes between India and China alongside the border of the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate. The ...
(1967)


Sino-Soviet border conflict The Sino-Soviet border conflict was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split. The most serious border clash, which brought the world's two largest communist states to ...
(1969)

*1969 –
Zhenbao Island Zhenbao Island () or Damansky Island (russian: о́стров Дама́нский, ''ostrov Damanskiy'') is an island with an area of only . It is on the Ussuri River on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia, and Heilongjiang Province, Chi ...


Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
(1964-1975)

*1974 -
Paracel Islands The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands () and the Hoang Sa Archipelago ( vi, Quần đảo Hoàng Sa, lit=Yellow Sand Archipelago), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. The archipelago includes about 130 small coral ...


Sino-Vietnamese War The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by #Names, other names) was a border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's Cambodian–Vietnamese War, actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1 ...
(1979)

*1974 –
Battle of the Paracel Islands The Battle of the Paracel Islands (Chinese: 西沙海战, Pinyin: Xisha Haizhan;Vietnamese: Hải chiến Hoàng Sa) was a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam in the Paracel Islands on January 19, 1974. The ...
*1979 – Battle of Lạng Sơn *1979 – Battle of Lao Cai *1979 – Battle of Cam Duong *1979 – Battle of Cao Bang


Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)

*1981 – Battle of Fakashan *1984 –
Battle of Laoshan The Battle of Laoshan (Chinese: 老山戰役), known in Vietnam as the Battle of Vị Xuyên ( Vietnamese: ''Mặt trận Vị Xuyên)'' was fought in 1984 between China and Vietnam as part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). It is consi ...
*1988 –
Johnson South Reef Skirmish The Johnson South Reef Skirmish was an altercation that took place on 14 March 1988 between Chinese and Vietnamese forces over who would control the Johnson South Reef in the Union Banks region of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. ...


2020–2022 China–India skirmishes


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See also

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List of wars involving the People's Republic of China This is a list of wars involving the People's Republic of China (PRC). Wars involving the People's Republic of China : : : : See also * List of Chinese wars and battles * List of wars involving the Republic of China * List of wars i ...
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List of wars involving the Republic of China This is a list of wars involving the Republic of China. Wars involving the Republic of China : : : : See also * List of Chinese wars and battles * List of wars involving the People's Republic of China * List of wars involving Taiwan Thi ...
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List of wars involving Taiwan This is a list of wars involving Taiwan. Taiwan has been ruled by various regimes throughout its history. Since 1945, the Republic of China aiwanese governmentcontrols the island. Wars involving Taiwan : : : : See also * List of wars inv ...


Notes


Further reading

* Graff, David Andrew, and Robin Higham, eds. ''A military history of China'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2012). * Li, Xiaobing. ''China at War: An Encyclopedia.'' (ABC-CLIO, 2012).
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* Liu, Frederick Fu. ''A Military History of Modern China, 1924-1949'' (1972). * Mitter, Rana. "Old ghosts, new memories: China's changing war history in the era of post-Mao politics." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 38.1 (2003): 117–131. * Ryan, Mark A., David Michael Finkelstein, and Michael A. McDevitt. ''Chinese Warfighting: the PLA experience since 1949'' (ME Sharpe, 2003). * Swope, Kenneth, ed. ''Warfare in China since 1600'' (Routledge, 2017). * Worthing, Peter M. ''A military historyof modern China: from the manchu conquest to Tian'anmen Square'' (Praeger, 2007). * Wortzel, Larry M., and Robin Higham. ''Dictionary of contemporary Chinese military history'' (Abc-clio, 1999).


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