Pingjin campaign

Belligerents

Republic of China

• Republic of China Army

Communist Party

• People's Liberation Army

Commanders and leadersFu Zuoyi
Chen Changjie(POW)
†Lin Biao
Luo Ronghuan
Nie RongzhenStrength 600,000 1,000,000Casualties and losses ~520,000 (including non-combat losses) 39,000 (PRC sources)

The Pingjin campaign (simplified Chinese: 平津战役; traditional Chinese: 平津戰役; pinyin: Píngjīn Zhànyì), also known as the Battle of Pingjin and also officially known in Chinese Communist historiography as the Liberation of Beijing and Tianjin was part of the three major campaigns launched by the People's Liberation Army during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War against the Government of the Republic of China. It began on 29 November 1948 and ended on 31 January 1949, lasting a total of 64 days. This campaign marked the end of Nationalist dominance in the North China Plain. The term Pingjin refers to the cities Beiping (now Beijing) and Tianjin.