List of Chinese wars and battles

Painting of the 1758 Battle of Oroi-Jalatu, in which the Qing defeated the Dzungar.

The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date.^[1][2]

Ancient China

Imperial China

Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)

Chu-Han Contention (206–202 BC)

Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD)

Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD)

Jin dynasty (265–420), the Southern Dynasties (420–587), the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) and the Northern Dynasties (386–581)

Sui dynasty (581–618)

Tang dynasty (618–907)

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–960)

Song dynasty (960–1279)

Liao dynasty (907–1125)

Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

Modern China

Sino-Tibetan War

Kuomintang pacification of Qinghai

• Kuomintang pacification of Qinghai
• 1929 — Battle of Xiahe

Kumul Rebellion (1930–34)

Soviet invasion of Xinjiang

Chinese Civil War (First phase, 1927–36)

Second Sino-Japanese War (part of World War II, 1931–45)

Ili Rebellion (1946–49)

Chinese Civil War (Second phase, 1945–49)

Conflicts in the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era are listed chronologically by the starting dates.

1945

• July 21, 1945 – August 8, 1945 — Yetaishan Campaign
• August 13, 1945 – August 19, 1945 — Southern Jiangsu Campaign
• August 13, 1945 – August 16, 1945 — Counteroffensive in Eastern Hubei
• August 15, 1945 – August 23, 1945 — Battle of Baoying
• August 16, 1945 – August 19, 1945 — Battle of Yongjiazhen
• August 17, 1945 – August 27, 1945 — Battle of Tianmen
• August 17, 1945 – August 25, 1945 — Pingyu Campaign
• August 17, 1945 – September 11, 1945 — Linyi Campaign
• August 24, 1945 – August 24, 1945 — Battle of Wuhe
• August 26, 1945 – August 27, 1945 — Battle of Yinji
• August 26, 1945 – September 22, 1945 — Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign
• August 29, 1945 – September 1, 1945 — Xinghua Campaign
• September 1, 1945 – September 13, 1945 — Battle of Dazhongji
• September 4, 1945 – September 5, 1945 — Battle of Lingbi
• September 5, 1945 – September 8, 1945 — Zhucheng Campaign
• September 5, 1945 – September 22, 1945 — Shanghe Campaign
• September 6, 1945 – September 9, 1945 — Battle of Lishi
• September 7, 1945 – September 10, 1945 — Pingdu Campaign
• September 8, 1945 – September 12, 1945 — Taixing Campaign
• September 10, 1945 – October 12, 1945 — Shangdang Campaign
• September 13, 1945 – September 17, 1945 — Wudi Campaign
• September 18, 1945 – September 18, 1945 — Battle of Xiangshuikou
• September 21, 1945 – September 21, 1945 — Battle of Rugao
• September 29, 1945 – November 2, 1945 — Weixian–Guangling–Nuanquan Campaign
• October, 1945 – October, 1945 — Battle of Shicun
• October 3, 1945 – November 10, 1945 — Yancheng Campaign
• October 17, 1945 – December 14, 1945 — Tongbai Campaign
• October 18, 1945 – October 18, 1945 — Battle of Houmajia
• October 22, 1945 – November 2, 1945 — Handan Campaign
• October 25, 1945 – November 16, 1945 — Battle of Shanhai Pass
• October 26, 1945 – October 30, 1945 — Campaign Along the Datong–Puzhou Railway
• November, 1945 – April, 1947 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China
• November 3, 1945 – November 4, 1945 — Battle of Jiehezhen
• December 19, 1945 – December 21, 1945 — Battle of Shaobo
• December 19, 1945 – December 26, 1945 — Gaoyou–Shaobo Campaign
• December 21, 1945 – December 30, 1945 — Battle of Tangtou–Guocun

1946

• January 19, 1946 – January 26, 1946 — Houma Campaign
• March 15, 1946 – March 17, 1946 — Battle of Siping
• April 10, 1946 – April 15, 1946 — Jinjiatun Campaign
• April 17, 1946 – May 19, 1946 — Campaign to Defend Siping
• June 22, 1946 – August 31, 1946 — Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket
• June 12, 1946 – September 1, 1946 — Campaign along the Southern Section of Datong–Puzhou Railway
• July 31, 1946 – September 16, 1946 — Datong–Jining Campaign
  • August 10, 1946 – August 22, 1946 — Longhai Campaign
• August 14, 1946 – September 1, 1946 — Datong–Puzhou Campaign
• August 21, 1946 – September 22, 1946 — Battle of Huaiyin–Huai'an
• August 25, 1946 – August, 1946 — Battle of Rugao–Huangqiao
• September 2, 1946 – September 8, 1946 — Dingtao Campaign
• September 22, 1946 – September 24, 1946 — Linfen–Fushan Campaign
• October 10, 1946 – October 20, 1946 — Battle of Kalgan
• November 10, 1946 – November 11, 1946 — Battle of Nanluo–Beiluo
• November 22, 1946 – January 1, 1947 — Lüliang Campaign
• December 17, 1946 – April 1, 1947 — Linjiang Campaign
• December 31, 1946 – January 30, 1947 — Battle of Guanzhong
• Pei-ta-shan Incident

1947

• January 21, 1947 – January 28, 1947 — Campaign to the South of Baoding
• April 24, 1947 – April 25, 1947 — Battle of Niangziguan
• April 27, 1947 – April 28, 1947 — Battle of Tang'erli
• May 13, 1947 – May 16, 1947 — Menglianggu Campaign
• May 13, 1947 – July 1, 1947 — Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• May 28, 1947 – May 31, 1947 — Heshui Campaign
• June 11, 1947 – March 13, 1948 — Siping Campaign
• June 26, 1947 – July 6, 1947 — Campaign to the North of Baoding
• July 17, 1947 – July 29, 1947 — Nanma–Linqu Campaign
• August 13, 1947 – August 18, 1947 — Meridian Ridge Campaign
• September 2, 1947 – September 12, 1947 — Campaign to the North of Daqing River
• September 14, 1947 – November 5, 1947 — Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• October 2, 1947 – October 10, 1947 — Sahe Mountain Campaign
• October 29, 1947 – November 25, 1947 — Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains
• December 15, 1947 – March 15, 1948 — Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• December 7, 1947 – December 9, 1947 — Battle of Phoenix Peak
• December 9, 1947 – June 15, 1948 — Western Tai'an Campaign
• December 11, 1947 – January, 1948 — Counter-Eradication Campaign in Dabieshan
• December 20, 1947 – June 1948 — Jingshan–Zhongxiang Campaign

1948

• January 2, 1948 – January 7, 1948 — Gongzhutun Campaign
• March 7, 1948 – May 18, 1948 — Linfen Campaign
• March 11, 1948 – March 21, 1948 — Zhoucun–Zhangdian Campaign
• May 12, 1948 – June 25, 1948 — Hebei–Rehe–Chahar Campaign
• May 23, 1948 – October 19, 1948 — Siege of Changchun
• May 29, 1948 – July 18, 1948 — Yanzhou Campaign
• June 17, 1948 – June 19, 1948 — Battle of Shangcai
• September 12, 1948 – November 12, 1948 — Liaoshen Campaign
• October 5, 1948 – April 24, 1949 — Taiyuan Campaign
• October 7, 1948 – October 15, 1948 — Battle of Jinzhou
• October 10, 1948 – October 15, 1948 — Battle of Tashan
• November 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949 — Huaihai Campaign
• November 15, 1948 – January 11, 1949 — Battle of Jiulianshan
• November 22, 1948 – December 15, 1948 — Shuangduiji Campaign
• November 29, 1948 – January 31, 1949 — Pingjin Campaign
• Pei-ta-shan Incident

1949

• January 3, 1949 – January 15, 1949 — Tianjin Campaign
• April, 1949 – June, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern China
• April, 1949 – June, 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China
• May 12, 1949 – June 2, 1949 — Shanghai Campaign
• May 17, 1949 – June 16, 1949 — Xianyang Campaign
• August 9, 1949 – August 27, 1949 — Lanzhou Campaign
• August 9, 1949 – December, 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Eastern China
• August 24, 1949 – September, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Fujian
• September 5, 1949 – September 24, 1949 — Ningxia Campaign
• September 5, 1949 – March, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Dabieshan
• October 25, 1949 – October 27, 1949 — Battle of Guningtou
• November, 1949 – July, 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northwestern China
• November 1, 1949 – November 28, 1949 — Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County
• November 3, 1949 – November 5, 1949 — Battle of Dengbu Island
• November 17. 1949 – December 1, 1949 — Bobai Campaign
• December 3, 1949 – December 26, 1949 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Lianyang
• December 6, 1949 – December 7, 1949 — Battle of Liangjiashui
• December 7, 1949 – December 14, 1949 — Battle of Lianyang
• December 17, 1949 – December 18, 1949 — Battle of Jianmenguan

1950

• January, 1950 – June, 1955 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Wuping
• January 15, 1950 – May 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi
• January 19, 1950 – January 31, 1950 — Battle of Bamianshan
• February, 1950 – December 1953 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Southwestern China
• February 4, 1950 – December, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Longquan
• February 14, 1950 – February 20, 1950 — Battle of Tianquan
• March 3, 1950 – March 3, 1950 — Battle of Nan'ao Island
• March 5, 1950 – May 1, 1950 — Landing Operation on Hainan Island
• March 29, 1950 – May 7, 1950 — Battle of Yiwu
• May 11, 1950 – May 11, 1950 — Battle of Dongshan Island
• May 25, 1950 – August 7, 1950 — Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
• August 9, 1950 – August 9, 1950 — Battle of Nanpéng Island
• September, 1950 – January, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern Guangdong
• September 22, 1950 – November 29, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in northeastern Guizhou
• October 15, 1950 – November, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in the Border Region of Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan
• October 15, 1950 – December, 1950 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Hunan
• December 13, 1950 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan
• December 20, 1950 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Liuwandashan

1951

• January 8, 1951 – February, 1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Yaoshan
• April 15, 1951 – September, 1951, — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Guangxi

1952

• April 11, 1952 – April 15, 1952 — Battle of Nanri Island
• June 13, 1952 – September 20, 1952 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Heishui
• September 20, 1952 – October 20, 1952 — Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago

1953

• May 29, 1953 – May 29, 1953 — Battle of Dalushan Islands
• July 16, 1953 – July 18, 1953 — Dongshan Island Campaign

1955

• January 18, 1955 – January 20, 1955 — Battle of Yijiangshan Islands
• January 19, 1955 – February 26, 1955 — Battle of Dachen Archipelago

1960

• November 14, 1960 – February 9, 1961 — Campaign at the China-Burma Border

1950–58

• Kuomintang Islamic insurgency

Invasion of Tibet (1950)

• 1959 – Lhasa Uprising

Korean War (1950–53)

Vietnam War (1959–75)

Sino-Indian War (1962)

Sino-Indian War (1967)

Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969)

• 1969 – Zhenbao Island

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

• 1974 – Battle of the Paracel Islands
• 1979 – Battle of Lạng Sơn
• 1979 – Battle of Lao Cai
• 1979 – Battle of Cam Duong
• 1979 – Battle of Cao Bang

Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)

• 1988 – Johnson South Reef Skirmish

2020 China–India skirmishes

Northern Mali conflict

See also

• List of wars involving the People's Republic of China
• List of wars involving the Republic of China
• List of wars involving Taiwan

Notes

Further reading

• Graff, David Andrew, and Robin Higham, eds. A military history of China (University Press of Kentucky, 2012).
• Li, Xiaobing. China at War: An Encyclopedia. (ABC-CLIO, 2012). excerpt
• Liu, Frederick Fu. A Military History of Modern China, 1924-1949 (1972).
• Mitter, Rana. "Old ghosts, new memories: China's changing war history in the era of post-Mao politics." Journal of Contemporary History 38.1 (2003): 117-131.
• Ryan, Mark A., David Michael Finkelstein, and Michael A. McDevitt. Chinese Warfighting: the PLA experience since 1949 (ME Sharpe, 2003).
• Swope, Kenneth, ed. Warfare in China since 1600 (Routledge, 2017).
• Worthing, Peter M. A military history of modern China: from the manchu conquest to Tian'anmen Square (Praeger, 2007).
• Wortzel, Larry M., and Robin Higham. Dictionary of contemporary Chinese military history (Abc-clio, 1999).

External links

• Power Polarity In The Far Eastern World System, 1025 BC-AD 1850: Narrative And 25-Year Interval Data by David Wilkinson