Battle of Jinzhou

Battle of Chinchow
Part of the Liaoshen Campaign of the Chinese Civil War

People's Liberation Army launches final assault on Jinzhou
Date7–15 October 1948
Location41°05′45″N 121°07′33″E / 41.0957°N 121.1258°E / 41.0957; 121.1258
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Republic of China Army

People's Liberation Army

Commanders and leaders
Fan Hanjie (POW) Lin Biao
Luo Ronghuan
Liu Yalou
Strength
~150,000 250,000
Casualties and losses
20,000 deaths, 80,000 captured 24,000

Battle of Chinchow (simplified Chinese: 锦州之战; traditional Chinese: 錦州之戰; pinyin: Jǐnzhou Zhīzhàn) took place between the People's Liberation Army and the National Revolutionary Army during the Liaoshen Campaign in the Chinese Civil War. The battle was a turning point in the campaign, which eventually led to capture of Northeast China by the Communist Party.