1950-01-01 - 1950-03-31

KMT remnants move from Yunnan into Burma

Yunnan / Burma borderlands1950-01 to 03 · after Yunnan collapses, Nationalist remnants move into Burma and keep the mainland endgame unresolved

Other events in this phase

Residual Civil War Fronts7
  1. KMT remnants move from Yunnan into BurmaCurrent record
  2. Wanshan Islands Campaign
  3. PLA dispositions in Yunnan borderlands
  4. Battle of Nanri Island
  5. Burma brings the KMT remnant issue to the UN
  6. KMT Burma withdrawal negotiations
  7. Dongshan Island Campaign

Residual front after mainland collapse

Even after the mainland outcome was effectively settled in late 1949, borderland forces, supply routes, and diplomacy remained active in the southwest.

The archive should not go silent after Chengdu; it needs a Yunnan-Burma continuation for the Nationalist remnant problem.

Media

SourceSourceHarvard-Yenching Institute · KMT troops in the Golden Triangle studyStudy guide for the longer KMT remnant problem in the Burma-Thailand borderlands after the Yunnan collapse.

Source Trail

Journal ArticleThe Chinese Historical Review · KMT forces in Burma, 1949-1954Open sourceBook ReviewHarvard-Yenching Institute · The Tragic History of the KMT Troops in the Golden TriangleOpen source