1935-05-29 - 1935-06-11

Long March: Luding Bridge

Luding BridgeLuding Bridge · The Red Army secures the chain bridge over the Dadu River, opening the route into the western Sichuan mountains.

Other events in this phase

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  1. Long March: Loushan Pass
  2. Shinchiku-Taichu earthquake
  3. Long March: Jinsha River crossing
  4. Long March: Luding BridgeCurrent record
  5. Long March: Jiajin Mountain crossing
  6. Long March: Northern Sichuan junction
  7. Long March: Grasslands and Minshan
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Phase

Long March: Luding Bridge is recorded as a key phase of the Long March around Luding Bridge. 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, Chineseposters.net · Luding Bridge. 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

Battle of Luding Bridge mapVisual recordBattle of Luding Bridge mapA map situating the Dadu River and Luding Bridge crossing during the Long March.

Source Trail

ReferenceAcademy of Chinese Studies · The Long March of the CCP Red Army and the Establishment of the Northern Shaanxi BaseOpen sourceVisual RecordChineseposters.net · Luding BridgeOpen sourceMap RecordWikimedia Commons · Battle of Luding Bridge.pngOpen source