Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign

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battle of the Chinese Civil War military campaign

The Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign was a decisive 1949 military offensive by Chinese Communist forces that broke Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze and paved the way for the capture of Nanjing and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yangtze River Crossing Campaign	2
Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River	1
Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign canonical	1
Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief	1
crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1826395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Context triple: [War of Liberation, significantEvent, Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign]

A. Huaihai Campaign
The Huaihai Campaign was a decisive large-scale military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in 1948–1949 that led to a major Communist victory over Nationalist forces and significantly shifted the balance of power in China.
B. Dabie Mountains Campaign
The Dabie Mountains Campaign was a major Chinese Civil War offensive in 1947 in which Communist forces, led in part by Liu Bocheng, penetrated deep into Nationalist-held central China to establish a strategic base area.
C. Pingjin Campaign
The Pingjin Campaign was a major 1948–1949 military offensive by the Chinese Communist forces that led to the capture of Beijing and Tianjin and decisively shifted the balance of the Chinese Civil War in their favor.
D. Liaoshen Campaign
The Liaoshen Campaign was a major 1948 military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in which Communist forces decisively defeated Nationalist troops in Northeast China, shifting the overall balance of the conflict.
E. Central China Front
The Central China Front was a major Japanese military formation responsible for conducting operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Wuhan campaign.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign
Target entity description: The Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign was a decisive 1949 military offensive by Chinese Communist forces that broke Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze and paved the way for the capture of Nanjing and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

A. Huaihai Campaign
The Huaihai Campaign was a decisive large-scale military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in 1948–1949 that led to a major Communist victory over Nationalist forces and significantly shifted the balance of power in China.
B. Dabie Mountains Campaign
The Dabie Mountains Campaign was a major Chinese Civil War offensive in 1947 in which Communist forces, led in part by Liu Bocheng, penetrated deep into Nationalist-held central China to establish a strategic base area.
C. Pingjin Campaign
The Pingjin Campaign was a major 1948–1949 military offensive by the Chinese Communist forces that led to the capture of Beijing and Tianjin and decisively shifted the balance of the Chinese Civil War in their favor.
D. Liaoshen Campaign
The Liaoshen Campaign was a major 1948 military offensive during the Chinese Civil War in which Communist forces decisively defeated Nationalist troops in Northeast China, shifting the overall balance of the conflict.
E. Central China Front
The Central China Front was a major Japanese military formation responsible for conducting operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Wuhan campaign.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ surface form: Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign
belligerentSide	Communist side ⓘ Nationalist side ⓘ
combatant	People's Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Party forces People's Liberation Army ⓘ
commandedBy	East China Field Army ⓘ surface form: People's Liberation Army commanders of the East China Field Army People's Liberation Army commanders of the Second Field Army ⓘ
conflict	Chinese Civil War ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
date	April 1949 ⓘ
endDate	1949-04-23 ⓘ
era	late Chinese Civil War ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Fuzhou ⓘ surface form: Fuzhou Campaign Battle of Guangzhou ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou Campaign Shanghai Campaign ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Yangtze River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Chinese Revolution ⓘ surface form: Chinese Revolution (1945–1949)
involves	amphibious assaults ⓘ artillery bombardment of river defenses ⓘ large-scale river crossing operations ⓘ
keyEvent	Communist forces forced a large-scale river crossing of the Yangtze ⓘ Nanjing was abandoned by Nationalist government forces ⓘ Nationalist defensive positions along the Yangtze were overrun ⓘ
location	Yangtze River ⓘ eastern China ⓘ
militaryTheater	Yangtze River ⓘ surface form: Yangtze River front
objective	to break Nationalist defensive line along the Yangtze ⓘ to capture Nanjing ⓘ to cross the Yangtze River ⓘ
opponent	Central Army of the Kuomintang ⓘ surface form: Kuomintang forces National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution
politicalConsequence	accelerated negotiations breakdown between Communists and Nationalists ⓘ undermined international support for continued Nationalist resistance ⓘ
precededBy	Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
relatedTo	founding of the People's Republic of China ⓘ retreat of the Republic of China government to Taiwan ⓘ
result	capture of Nanjing by Communist forces ⓘ collapse of Nationalist defenses along the Yangtze River ⓘ decisive Communist victory ⓘ strategic breakthrough for the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
significance	enabled Communist forces to advance into southern China ⓘ marked the near-complete military defeat of the Kuomintang on the mainland ⓘ paved the way for the establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
startDate	1949-04-20 ⓘ
year	1949 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of Liberation → significantEvent → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

Monument to the People's Heroes → hasRelief → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief

Pingjin Campaign → followedBy → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yangtze River Crossing Campaign

Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Campaign to Cross the Yangtze River

Third Field Army → participatedIn → Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign ⓘ