Encirclement Campaigns refers to campaigns launched by forces of the Chinese Nationalist Government against forces of the Communist Party of China during the Chinese Civil War. The campaigns were launched between the late 1920s to the mid-1930s with the goal of isolating and destroying the developing Chinese Red Army. The Nationalist forces launched encirclement campaigns against Communist bases in several separate locations in the Republic of China.
Encirclement Campaigns by location[]
- Encirclement Campaign against Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
- Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet
- Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet
- Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Western Hubei Soviet
- Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan-Guizhou Soviet
- Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Western Hubei Soviet
First Encirclement Campaigns[]
- First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet
- First Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
- First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi Soviet
- First Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
Second Encirclement Campaigns[]
- Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet
- Second Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
- Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi Soviet
- Second Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
Third Encirclement Campaigns[]
- Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- Third Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet
- Third Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi Soviet
- Third Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet
- Third Encirclement Campaign against Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
Fourth Encirclement Campaigns[]
- Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet
- Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Honghu Soviet = 2nd stage of the Encirclement Campaign against Hunan-Western Hubei Soviet
Fifth Encirclement Campaigns[]
- Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet
- Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
Consequences[]
The first four Encirclement Campaigns of the Chinese Nationalists military were unsuccessful. However, with the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany in 1933, and the subsequent close cooperation between the Nazi Germany and the Republic of China, the nationalists succeeded in the final 5th campaign which led directly to the famous Long March of the Communist Red Armies.
See also[]
- List of battles of the Chinese Civil War
- National Revolutionary Army
- People's Liberation Army
- History of the People's Liberation Army
References[]
- Military History Research Department, Complete History of the People's Liberation Army, Military Science Publishing House in Beijing, 2000, ISBN 7-80137-315-4
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