百万雄师渡长江 Bai wan xiongshi du Changjiang Designer Jin Lang (金浪) Date 1950 Publisher Rongbaozhai xinji (荣宝斋新记), Beijing Size 25x34 cm. Call nr. PC-C-013 Collection Private collection Notes The crossing of Yangzi river meant here took place in April 1949, in the final phase of the Civil War. Some 300,000 PLA soldiers from the North made the crossing, broke the Nationalist defense lines and moved on to capture Nanjing and Shanghai.
