Winning the war

In 1949, the Chinese Communist People Liberation Army defeats the Nationalist in Southern China, and capture the island of Hainan. The Communist also capture the North West of China were many of the people are not ethnic Han Chinese. The Nationalist are forced into exile in Taiwan.

To be published on Saturday 8th October

The battle for Shanghai

The Chinese Communist Army crossed the mighty Yangtze River overcoming Nationalist troops defending the South Bank., the Communists then capture the city of Shanghai. A British warship HMS Amethyst is fired upon by Communist artillery batteries along the River Yangtze. Chiang Kai – Shek is removed as Nationalist China leader and goes to Taiwan.

To be published on Saturday 1st October

The Battles for Eastern China

The Communist Armies won a series of important battle in Eastern China defeating the Nationalist forces, this is the turning point of the War. Beijing is captured by the Communists. An account of the role of Deng Xiaoping during the Chinese Civil War, he would become a future leader of China. How Communist terror helped win them control of rural China.

To be published on September 24th

The Manchurian Campaign

Chiang Kai-Shek orders his Nationalist Armies in June 1946, to attack the Communist forces in North China and Manchuria. The Nationalist troops seize the Cities but the Communist remain in control of the countryside and fight an effective guerrilla war against the Nationalist. A biography of Lin Biao the Communist Red Army commander in Manchuria, he wages a series of successful campaigns in Manchuria, which results in the defeat of the Nationalist.

To be published on Saturday 17th September

When Chiang meet Mao

After the Japanese surrender, the Nationalist forces occupy the cities of China. Under American and Soviet pressure Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao meet and agree to sign a peace deal but neither side has any plans to stick to it, indeed fighting in some area between the Nationalists and Communists begins. A biography of Nationalist Secret Police chief Dai Li.

To be published on Saturday September 10th

Dai Li