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

Map of China in 1949

Pingjin — the armies face the Yangtze

China in 1949: Pingjin — the armies face the Yangtze. 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 1949: Pingjin — the armies face the Yangtze. Colours show Foreign empires — British, French, Russian, American, The Republic of China — the government at the time, Japan defeated and under occupation (1945). — 1949 · 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 · Natural Earth10m — rivers/lake centerlines,ChangJiang · 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
Natural Earth10m — rivers/lake centerlines,ChangJiang. 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

Winter 1949 control stops at the Yangtze, and Taiyuan remains Nationalist. Nanjing’s later capture is excluded from this phase.

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: 1949.1 · vector: 1948–1949 · vector: Physicalriver reference;winter1948–1949front

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

After Huaihai and Pingjin, Communist control in spring 1949 extended across north China, covering everything above the Yangtze.

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