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Operation Beleaguer, the Glossary

Operation Beleaguer was the codename for the United States Marine Corps' occupation of northeastern China's Hebei and Shandong provinces from 1945 until 1949.^[1]

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1940s in China
China–United States military relations
Decolonization of Korea
Military history of Hebei
Military history of Shandong
Military operations of the Chinese Civil War

Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.

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Albert Coady Wedemeyer

General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (July 9, 1896 – December 17, 1989) was a United States Army commander who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Lieutenant General Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr. (August 8, 1888 – February 13, 1973) was a United States Army officer who came from a family with a long military tradition and served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.

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Amethyst incident

The Amethyst incident, also known as the Yangtze incident, was a historic event that occurred on the Yangtze River for three months in the summer of 1949, during the late phase of the Chinese Civil War.

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Anshan

Anshan is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang.

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Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao

Beidaihe District is a popular beach resort and a district of the city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province on China's Bohai Sea coast.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Billet

A billet is a living-quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 18875 April 1975) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and military commander.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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China Burma India theater

China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India–Burma (IBT) theaters.

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China Marines

The term China Marines, originally referred to the United States Marines of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and their property in the Shanghai International Settlement, during the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Operation Beleaguer and China Marines are United States Marine Corps in the 20th century.

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Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China. Operation Beleaguer and Chinese Civil War are 1940s in China.

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Chinese Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Chongqing

Chongqing is a municipality in Southwestern China.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.

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Cruiser

A cruiser is a type of warship.

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Curtiss SC Seahawk

The Curtiss SC Seahawk was a scout seaplane designed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy during World War II.

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Daniel E. Barbey

Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey (23 December 1889 – 11 March 1969) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.

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DeWitt Peck

DeWitt Peck (May 29, 1894 – January 13, 1973) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general, who served as the 18th Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps during World War II.

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Eighth Route Army

The Eighth Route Army, officially known as the '''18th Group Army ''' of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, was a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party, nominally within the structure of the Chinese military headed by the Chinese Nationalist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Escort carrier

The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the United States Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Fourteenth Air Force

The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). It was headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The command was responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of Air Force space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S.

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Fratricide

Fratricide (– the assimilated root of 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Gerald P. Pulley

Gerald P. Pulley (October 25, 1922 – March 31, 2011) was an American photographer noted for his work with the United States Navy.

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Guye, Tangshan

Guye District is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China.

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Hai River

The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

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Hebei

Hebei is a province in North China.

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III Marine Expeditionary Force

III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Japanese repatriation from Huludao

The refers to sending the Japanese people who were left in Northeast China after the end of World War II in 1945 back to Japan. Operation Beleaguer and Japanese repatriation from Huludao are 1940s in China.

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Jeep

Jeep is an American automobile brand, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis.

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Keller E. Rockey

Keller Emrick Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) was a highly decorated lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Korea under Japanese rule

From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (Hanja: 朝鮮, Korean: 조선), the Japanese reading of Joseon.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949.

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Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Louis E. Woods

Lieutenant General Louis Earnest Woods (7 October 1895 – 20 October 1971), one of the Marine Corps' outstanding aviators, served as commanding general, aircraft, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, prior to his retirement.

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Louis R. Jones

Louis Reeder Jones (June 29, 1895 – February 2, 1973) was a highly decorated major general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.

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Lutai

Lutai is a town in and the seat of Ninghe District, in the northeast of Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Manchuria

Manchuria is a term that refers to a region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China, and historically parts of the modern-day Russian Far East, often referred to as Outer Manchuria.

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Merritt A. Edson

Merritt Austin Edson, Sr. (April 25, 1897 – August 14, 1955), known as "Red Mike", was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps, First President of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation and First Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Safety & Vermont State Police.

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Military history of the United States during World War II

The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. Operation Beleaguer and military history of the United States during World War II are 1940s in the United States.

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National Revolutionary Army

The National Revolutionary Army (NRA), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army before 1928, and as National Army after 1928, was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947 in China during the Republican era. Operation Beleaguer and National Revolutionary Army are 1940s in China.

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Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952. Operation Beleaguer and Occupation of Japan are United States Marine Corps in the 20th century.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Operation Blacklist Forty

Operation Blacklist Forty was the codename for the United States occupation of Korea between 1945 and 1948. Operation Beleaguer and Operation Blacklist Forty are 1940s in the United States, cold War, Decolonization of Korea and military history of the United States during World War II.

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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.

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Outline of the Chinese Civil War

The following is a topical outline of English Wikipedia articles about the history of the Chinese Civil War (1912–1949) The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a CCP victory and control of mainland China in the Chinese Communist Revolution.

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Outline of the military history of the People's Republic of China

The following is a topical outline of English Wikipedia articles about the military history of the People's Republic of China.

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Peking Legation Quarter

The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Beijing (Peking), China where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Provinces of China

Provinces (p) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Qingdao

Qingdao is a prefecture-level city in eastern Shandong Province of China.

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Qinhuangdao

Qinhuangdao is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei.

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Repatriation

Repatriation is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin, respectively.

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Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction.

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Sampan

A sampan is a relatively flat-bottomed wooden boat found in East, Southeast, and South Asia.

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Samuel L. Howard

Samuel Lutz Howard (March 8, 1891 – October 12, 1960) was a United States Marine Corps general who served with distinction in the Marine Corps for thirty-eight years.

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Seabee

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF).

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Shandong

Shandong is a coastal province in East China.

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Supply depot

Supply depots are a type of military installation used by militaries to store battlefield supplies temporarily on or near the front lines until they can be distributed to military units.

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Tanggu, Tianjin

Tanggu District was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area.

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Tangshan

Tangshan is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Task Force 76

Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN/Task Force 76 (Amphibious Force U.S. SEVENTH Fleet) is a United States Navy task force.

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Thomas C. Kinkaid

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II.

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Tianjin

Tianjin is a municipality and metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea.

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Typhoon Louise (1945)

Typhoon Louise, known in Japan as the, was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that hit Japan in October 1945, soon after the cessation of World War II.

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Underwater Demolition Team

The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized missions.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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United States Seventh Fleet

The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy.

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USS Duluth (CL-87)

USS Duluth was a light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II.

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Vice admiral

Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.

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Vought F4U Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.

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War in Vietnam (1945–1946)

The 1945–1946 War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War (Nam Bộ kháng chiến) by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement, the Viet Minh, for control of the southern half of the country, after the unconditional Japanese surrender.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Xinhe County, Hebei

Xinhe is a county in the south of Hebei province, China, located on the Fuyang River (滏阳河), which is part of the Hai River watershed.

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Yangtze Patrol

The Yangtze Patrol, also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force, Yangtze River Patrol, YangPat, and ComYangPat, was a prolonged naval operation from 1854 to 1949 to protect American interests in the Yangtze River's treaty ports. Operation Beleaguer and Yangtze Patrol are China–United States military relations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Beleaguer

, Manchuria, Mao Zedong, Mayor, Merritt A. Edson, Military history of the United States during World War II, National Revolutionary Army, Occupation of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Operation Blacklist Forty, Operation Downfall, Outline of the Chinese Civil War, Outline of the military history of the People's Republic of China, Peking Legation Quarter, People's Liberation Army, Platoon, President of the United States, Provinces of China, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Repatriation, Sabotage, Sampan, Samuel L. Howard, Seabee, Shandong, Supply depot, Tanggu, Tianjin, Tangshan, Tank, Task Force 76, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Tianjin, Typhoon Louise (1945), Underwater Demolition Team, United States Marine Corps, United States Seventh Fleet, USS Duluth (CL-87), Vice admiral, Vought F4U Corsair, War in Vietnam (1945–1946), World War II, Xinhe County, Hebei, Yangtze Patrol, Yantai, Zhou Enlai, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 29th Marine Regiment (United States), 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment.

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See also

1940s in China

China–United States military relations

Decolonization of Korea

Military history of Hebei

Military history of Shandong

Military operations of the Chinese Civil War

References