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Events on Sunday 12 September 1948 1
1948Communists win the Liaoshen Campaign in ManchuriaDecisive victory shifts the Chinese Civil War in the communists' favorThe People's Liberation Army defeated Nationalist forces in Manchuria in the Liaoshen Campaign, fought from September 12 to November 2, 1948. The victory gave the communists control of a major industrial region and effectively destroyed the Nationalists' best armies. It marked a turning point after which communist victory in the civil war became increasingly likely.