1949-04-01 - 1949-05-27

Shanghai refugee flight

Shanghai1949-04 to 05 · civilian and capital flight accelerates as Communist forces approach Shanghai

Other events in this phase

Central China Collapse3
  1. Shanghai refugee flightCurrent record
  2. Hankou captured
  3. Shanghai Jiefang Daily first issue

Media

CriticalPast · Evacuation of Shanghai as Communist forces advanceVisual recordCriticalPast · Evacuation of Shanghai as Communist forces advanceFootage including Shanghai evacuation and embarkation scenes as Communist forces approached in 1949.Shanghai residents retreating, 1949Visual recordShanghai residents retreating, 1949April 1949 image of civilians leaving Shanghai before the city’s fall.

Source Trail

ReferenceBritannica · Nationalist collapse and establishment of the PRCOpen sourceVisual RecordWikimedia Commons · Shanghai residents rushed to retreat, April 1949Open sourceVideoCriticalPast · Evacuation of Shanghai as Red Chinese advanceOpen source