Shanghai Campaign

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Shanghai Campaign
Part of Chinese Civil War
People's Liberation Army troops on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, on May 23, 1949
Date May 12, 1949 – June 2, 1949 (3 weeks) Location Shanghai, Republic of China Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Republic of China Army 21st Army 51st Army 52nd Army 54th Army 75th Army 123rd Army 12th Army 35th Army Nanking-Shanghai Garrison Corps	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Tang Enbo Liu Yuzhang Liu Changyi  Chou Tse-jou Fang Chih	Chen Yi Su Yu
Strength
210,000	290,000
Casualties and losses
153,000 (included those who surrendered and defected)	34,000 (8,000 killed; 24,122 wounded; 1,951 missing)

The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by the communists, who enjoyed numerical superiority.