Nov 29, 1948 - Jan 31, 1949: Peking-Tianjin Campaign
Between November 29, 1948 and January 31, 1949, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan and Nie Rongzhen launched the Peking-Tianjin Campaign which?wiped out or reorgnized the 520,000-strong Kuomintang army and basically liberated the whole territory of North China. Meanwhile, on January 31, 1949, Peking (now Beijing) was liberated peacefully.
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