Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date December 15, 1947 – March 15, 1948 Location Northeast China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
National Revolutionary Army	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Chen Cheng Wei Lihuang	Lin Biao Luo Ronghuan
Strength
580,000	730,000
Casualties and losses
156,000	unknown

The Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (simplified Chinese: 东北1947年冬季攻势; traditional Chinese: 東北1947年冬季攻勢; pinyin: Dōngběi yījiǔsìqī nián dōngjì gōngshì) was a series of battles initiated by the Communist forces against the Kuomintang (Nationalists) during the Chinese Civil War after World War II.