In 1948, when CCP engaged the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), a military blockage of Changchun, the biggest city in [[Manchuria]] at the time, was undertaken by PLA against the Nationalist army stationed inside the city. The blockage lasted for nearly five months. In the end the PLA took the city at the expense of tens and thousands of civilians starving to death. | In 1948, when CCP engaged the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), a military blockage of Changchun, the biggest city in [[Manchuria]] at the time, was undertaken by PLA against the Nationalist army stationed inside the city. The blockage lasted for nearly five months. In the end the PLA took the city at the expense of tens and thousands of civilians starving to death. |