THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 19
March 19 in history
What happened on March 19: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1279 and 1947, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Yamen
19 Mar 1279 — Off this headland, the last Song fleet is destroyed with the exiled court aboard. Chancellor Lu Xiufu carries the eight-year-old emperor on his back into the sea. All of China now comes under the rule of conquerors from the steppe for the first time in its history.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE MONGOL EMPIRE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Fall of Yan’an
19 Mar 1947 — Hu Zongnan’s 200,000 troops took the cave capital after the CCP had evacuated everything that mattered. The Nationalists gained a symbol and could photograph their banners over the town, but it had no military value; meanwhile Lin Biao was counterattacking in Manchuria. This was both a high point of the Nationalist advance and a turning point.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE CHINA IN REVOLUTION MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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