Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Hu Lian

Battles of Hu Lian

Chinese general (1907–1977)

Hu Lian is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1943 and 1953: 5 battles and 4 campaigns, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,059 km apart end to end, 507 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Chinese Civil War (7), Second Sino-Japanese War (1), Three Major Campaigns (1).

Nanma–Linqu CampaignBattle of ShangcaiShuangduiji CampaignBattle of Dongshan IslandBattle of West HubeiHuaihai CampaignBattle of GuningtouBattle of Nanri IslandDongshan Island CampaignBattle of West HubeiHuaihai CampaignBattle of GuningtouBattle of Nanri IslandDongshan Island CampaignSeoulChengduGuangzhouShenzhenWuhanChongqingXianNanjingGuiyangHangzhou1000 km30.050N, 115.873E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1943: 1 engagements1947: 1 engagements1948: 3 engagements3 in 19481949: 1 engagements1950: 1 engagements1952: 1 engagements1953: 1 engagements19431953
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of West Hubei, 1943Nanma–Linqu Campaign, 1947Battle of Shangcai, 1948Huaihai Campaign, 1948Shuangduiji Campaign, 1948Battle of Guningtou, 1949Battle of Dongshan Island, 1950Battle of Nanri Island, 1952Dongshan Island Campaign, 195319431953
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 May 1943Battle of West HubeiHubei, ChinaChinese victory
1947Nanma–Linqu CampaignShandong, China989 km NENationalist victory
1948Battle of ShangcaiHenan, People's Republic of China525 km SWCommunist victory
1948Huaihai CampaignShandong, China525 km NECommunist victory
1948Shuangduiji CampaignAnhui, China524 km SDecisive Communist victory
1949Battle of GuningtouKinmen County, People's Republic of China827 km SRepublic of China victory
11 May 1950Battle of Dongshan IslandDongshan County, People's Republic of China125 km SWPeople's Republic of China victory
1952Battle of Nanri IslandPutian, People's Republic of China271 km NERepublic of China victory
1953Dongshan Island CampaignDongshan County, China271 km SWPeople's Republic of China victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.