This article is about a military campaign in 1945. For the battle during Warring States period, see Battle of Handan.
Handan Campaign
Part of Chinese Civil War
Date
October 22, 1945 – November 2, 1945
Location
Handan, Hebei, China
Result
Communist victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army
Eighth Route Army
Commanders and leaders
Xue Yue Zhang Lingfu Gao Shuxun
Liu Bocheng Deng Xiaoping Gao Shuxun
Strength
45,000 for the 1st echelon 100,000 for the 2nd echelon
60,000 regular 100,000 militia
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed 17,000 captured 10,000 defected
4,708 total
v
t
e
Campaigns of the Chinese Civil War
Outline of the Chinese Civil War
First Phase (1927–1937)
Autumn Harvest Uprising
Encirclement campaigns
Long March
Resumption of hostilities (1945–1949)
Operation Beleaguer
Northeast China
Liaoshen
Huaihai
Pingjin
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Hainan
Guningtou
Wanshan
Aftermath
Xinjiang
Kuomintang Islamic insurgency
China–Burma border
Cross-strait conflict
Handan Campaign (Chinese: 邯郸战役), also known as Pinghan Campaign (平汉战役), short for Beiping-Hankou Campaign (北平汉口战役), is one of the largest clashes between Communist and Kuomintang (KMT) forces immediately after the end of World War II. It resulted in Communist victory.
HandanCampaign (Chinese: 邯郸战役), also known as Pinghan Campaign (平汉战役), short for Beiping-Hankou Campaign (北平汉口战役), is one of the largest clashes between...
Handan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خندان سلطان, "smiling"; c. 1568 - 9 November 1605) was a consort of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III, and mother and Valide Sultan...
of Resistance Against Japan, on October 30, 1945, during the Battle of Handan, Gao Shuxun led the newly formed Eighth Army and the Hebei Civilian Army...
Marshal Liu Bocheng defeated Pang and Sun's Nationalist troops in the HandanCampaign. General Pang was tasked to reorganize these broken units, and named...
December 14, 1945 — Tongbai Campaign October 18, 1945 — Battle of Houmajia October 22 – November 2, 1945 — HandanCampaign October 25 – November 16, 1945...
army corps in the HandanCampaign. These two campaigns were the first experiences of the CCP army's shift from bushfight to campaign in movement, and proved...
The Battle of Handan began in 259 BC and concluded in 257 BC, during which the garrison of Handan, the capital city of Zhao, joined by the allied force...
riots against Jews in Alexandria and Cairo. The HandanCampaign and Weixian–Guangling–Nuanquan Campaign ended in communist victory. Costa Rica and Liberia...
People's Party. Died: Henry Armetta, 57, Sicilian-born American actor The HandanCampaign began during the Chinese Civil War. Egypt ratified the United Nations...
A Queen Mother at Work: On Handan Sultan and Her Regency During the Early Reign of Ahmed I". Faal Bir Valide Sultan: Handan Sultan ve I. Ahmed’in Hükümdarlığının...
productive and strategically important region just west of Zhao's capital Handan, and its capture would allow Qin easy incursions north and west into Zhao...
Changzhi-Jincheng, Changzhi-Linfen, and Changzhi-Handan); two railways, (Taiyuan–Jiaozuo Railway and Handan–Changzhi Railway ); three national highways, China...
the victory at Changping and immediately lay siege to the Zhao capital of Handan (邯鄲). This frightened the states of Zhao and Han greatly, so they sent Su...
continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two millennia. Born in Handan, the capital of Zhao, as Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), his parents...
was initially unable to prevail in besieging the Zhao capital of Handan (modern Handan, Hebei), Zhao's hopes were virtually lost when Xiongnu forces, realizing...
different historical source) it's mention that Huan Yi later died by attacking Handan, the capital of Zhao defended by Li Mu in one of the last Qin-Zhao battles...
the campaign against Zhang Lu, as Cao Cao had promised them earlier. In February or early March 216, Cao Cao returned to Ye (present-day Handan, Hebei)...
Unreleased 3G Studios Sierra Entertainment Sweet Fuse: At Your Side Bakudan * Handan August 27, 2013 August 28, 2013 June 14, 2012 August 28, 2013 RIZ Inc. TOSE...
when King Xiaocheng died, instead of welcoming the rightful heir back to Handan, Guo Kai proclaimed Zhao Yan as king instead. The famous Zhao general Lian...
still a prince and the governor of the Sanjak of Manisa. His mother was Handan Sultan. After his grandfather Murad III's death in 1595, his father came...