Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
Part of the Chinese Civil War
DateDecember 15, 1947 – March 15, 1948
Location
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
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.