Chinese Revolution of 1949

Chinese Communist Revolution
Part of the Chinese Civil War (since 1927) Part of the Cold War (1947–1991)
People's Liberation Army occupies the Presidential Palace in Nanjing. April, 1949
Date 1946–1950 Location China Result Communist victory and takeover of mainland China People's Republic of China established in mainland China Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan
Belligerents
Communist Party Communist Militia People's Liberation Army (since 1947)  People's Republic of China (since Oct.1, 1949)	Republic of China Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) National Revolutionary Army (until 1947) Republic of China Armed Forces (since 1947 Constitution)  Republic of China on Taiwan (after 1949 retreat)
Commanders and leaders
Chairman Mao Zedong Commander-in-Chief Zhu De	President and Director-General Chiang Kai-shek
Strength
1,270,000 regulars (1945-09) 2,800,000 regulars (1948-06) 4,000,000 regulars(1949-06)	4,300,000 (1946-07) 3,650,000 (1948-06) 1,490,000 (1949-06)
Casualties and losses
250,000 in three campaigns	1.5 million in three campaigns

The Chinese Communist Revolution or The Second Chinese Civil War started from 1945, after the end of Second Sino-Japanese War, and it is the second part of the Chinese Civil War. It was the culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power since its founding in 1921. In the official media, this period is known as the War of Liberation (simplified Chinese: 解放战争; traditional Chinese: 解放戰爭; pinyin: Jiěfàng Zhànzhēng).

China's twentieth-century revolution is linked with the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP is also tied up with the dreams of national revival that had gripped the Chinese elites watching their Country's decline through the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century. The party was founded in 1921 while searching for a solution to China's prolonged crisis, and thought they may have found it through Marxism. After a period of slow growth the Communists fell victim in 1927 to a purge by their chief political rival the Nationalist party led by Chiang Kaishek.On the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the Kuomintang or Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and the Communist Party of China (CPC) joined in a United Front against Japan. After the entrance of the United States into the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two sides maintained the formal alliance, but fought each other on several occasions. In 1945, Stalin's troops invaded from Soviet Outer Manchuria as part of its declaration of war against Japan. After the Japanese surrender in August, the Americans attempted to broker a coalition government in China, but an all-out war between these two forces soon resumed.

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