Handan Campaign

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

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.

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