1935-08-20 - 1935-09-15

Long March: Grasslands and Minshan

Grasslands and MinshanGrasslands and Minshan · Highland and grassland crossings produce severe non-combat losses, making survival itself central to the event.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Long March: Luding Bridge
  2. Long March: Jiajin Mountain crossing
  3. Long March: Northern Sichuan junction
  4. Long March: Grasslands and MinshanCurrent record
  5. Long March: Lazikou Pass
  6. Long March: Turn toward northern Shaanxi
  7. Long March: Arrival at Wuqi
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Phase

Long March: Grasslands and Minshan is recorded as a key phase of the Long March around Grasslands and Minshan. It marks a strategic movement axis and political-military transition rather than a territorial-control surface.

Sources

The date and waypoint are controlled against Academy of Chinese Studies · The Long March of the CCP Red Army and the Establishment of the Northern Shaanxi Base, Encyclopaedia Britannica · Long March. Where day-level precision is uncertain, the sequence and region are fixed first; finer tactical movement can be expanded as additional sources are added.

Media

Long March route mapVisual recordLong March route mapA route map of the CCP main force after the collapse of the Jiangxi Soviet.

Source Trail

ReferenceAcademy of Chinese Studies · The Long March of the CCP Red Army and the Establishment of the Northern Shaanxi BaseOpen sourceReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Long MarchOpen source