Battle of Chamdo | |||||||||
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Part of the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China and the Cold War | |||||||||
PLA troops crossing the Mekong River prior to the battle. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Tibet | China | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (POW)[1] Lhalu Tsewang Dorje[2] |
Liu Bocheng Deng Xiaoping Zhang Guohua Fan Ming | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Tibetan Army: 8,500[3] | People's Liberation Army: 40,000[4][5] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
180 killed or wounded[6][7][8] 3,341 killed, wounded, surrendered, captured, or defected (Chinese estimate)[2] | 114 killed or wounded[6] |
The Battle of Chamdo (or Qamdo; Chinese: 昌都战役) occurred from 6 to 24 October 1950.[9][10] It was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to take the Chamdo Region from a de facto independent Tibetan state.[11][12][13][14] The campaign resulted in the capture of Chamdo and the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China.
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