Chinese Revolution · TURNING POINT · 1949

Surrender of Beiping (1949)

On the Chinese Revolution map as “Beiping surrenders”

31 Jan 1949 — After Tianjin fell in 29 hours, General Fu Zuoyi’s encircled position was hopeless. He negotiated: the garrison marched out and the PLA marched in. The old capital, with its palaces and universities, changed hands without a shell; in October it would become the capital again.

When: 31 Jan 1949
Type: Turning point
Chapter: Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin campaigns (chapter 11 of Chinese Revolution)
Atlas: China in Revolution, 1911–1949

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Map showing Surrender of Beiping (1949), turning point in China in Revolution, 1911–1949 — TURNING POINT · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · ChineseMilitaryHistory — Taiyuan captured24April1949 · USMA: Communist Offensives, September-November 1948 · USMA: Communist Offensives, November 1948 – January 1949 · US AmbassadorStuart — evacuation andcapture ofYenan,1947

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
Natural Earth. Public domain
ChineseMilitaryHistory — Taiyuan captured24April1949. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
US AmbassadorStuart — evacuation andcapture ofYenan,1947. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished

Manchuria follows the completed Liaoshen campaign in November 1948. Taiyuan remains a Nationalist enclave until April 1949.

proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · proxy: 1953earliestseparatepostwarhomereference;occupation1945–49 · proxy: October 1945–1949 control; 1950 physical island reference · reconstruction: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1948.88 · vector: 1948–1949

Layer records and reconstruction methods