Chinese Civil War Timeline
- StartEndEvent
- 1916
Prologue
- 1926
Warlord Era
- 1926
Canton Coup
- 19261928
Northern Expedition
- 19271927
Nanking incident of 1927
- 19271927
Shanghai massacre
- 1927
July 15 Incident
- 19271927
Guangzhou Uprising
- 19281928
Jinan incident
- 19291930
Central Plains War
- 19301931
First encirclement campaign
- 19311931
Second encirclement campaign
- 19311932
Third encirclement campaign
- 1931
Mukden Incident
- 19311932
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- 19321932
Fourth encirclement campaign
- 19331934
Fifth encirclement campaign
- 19341935
Long March
- 1935
Zunyi Conference
- 19361936
Xi'an Incident
- 19361941
Second United Front
- 19371945
Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19371937
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- 19411941
New Fourth Army incident
- 19441944
Operation Ichi-Go
- 19451945
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
- 19451945
Shangdang Campaign
- 19461953
Land Reform Movement
- 1946
KMT preparations
- 1946
War resumes
- 19481948
Siege of Changchun
- 19481948
Liaoshen campaign
- 19481949
Huaihai campaign
- 19481949
Pingjin campaign
- 19491949
Yangtze River Crossing campaign
- 19491949
Battle of Guningtou
- 19501950
Battle of Hainan Island
- 19501950
Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
- 1951
Epilogue
Last Updated: Tue Apr 16 2024