Lanzhou Campaign

Lanzhou Campaign
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date August 9, 1949 – August 27, 1949 Location Lanchow, Kansu, China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Republic of China Army	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Ma Jiyuan Ma Bufang	Peng Dehuai
Strength
100,000	200,000
Casualties and losses
42,000 killed	11,000 killed

Lanzhou Campaign was a series battle fought between the nationalists and the communists for the control of the largest city in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, and resulted in the communist victory.