Chinese Civil War - Siege of Changchun

Time: May, 1948

Place: Changchun, China

Details: The New 1st Army, regarded as the best KMT army, was forced to surrender after the CPC conducted a brutal six-month siege of Changchun that resulted in more than 150,000 civilian deaths from starvation.

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