China in Revolution, 1911–1949 · THE MAP IN 1947

Map of China in 1947

Yan’an falls — the government’s high tide

China in 1947: Yan’an falls — the government’s high tide. The map shows who held what: Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Republic of China — the government at the time, Japan defeated and under occupation (1945).

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Map of China in 1947: Yan’an falls — the government’s high tide. Colours show Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Republic of China — the government at the time, Japan defeated and under occupation (1945). — 1947 · 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: Situation at the End of World War II · 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
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

Harbin remains under CCP control. Yan’an’s capture by the Nationalists in March 1947 is shown as an 18 km local enclave within the wider CCP base region.

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: 1947.25 · vector: 1947–1947

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