Taiyuan campaign

Taiyuan campaign
	Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date	October 5, 1948 – April 24, 1949; (6 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Result	Communist victory
Belligerents
Republic of China Army	People's Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Yan Xishan; Sun Chu 孫楚 (POW); Wang Jingguo 王靖国 (POW); Liang Huazhi	Xu Xiangqian; Peng Dehuai
Strength
135,000 at Taiyuan; 10,000 at Datong	320,000
Casualties and losses
135,000 at Taiyuan; 10,000 at Datong	45,000

The Taiyuan campaign was a campaign of the Chinese Civil War fought between the nationalist and communist factions. The campaign was over the control of Taiyuan, the capital of the province of Shanxi, China. The campaign resulted in a communist victory.