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Chinese Civil War
Nationalist Army soldiers preparing to defend Shanghai from Communist forces, c. 1949.
Communist forces occupied Nanjing on April 24, 1949, during the Chinese Civil War.
Following the breakdown of peace negotiations between the Nationalist government and the Chinese Communist Party, communist armies crossed the Yangtze River. The Nationalist government subsequently abandoned Nanjing, its capital, on April 23, 1949, before the city was taken by communist forces the following day.1