CASUALTY RECORD // October 10, 1946
Battle of Kalgan
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 112,000 estimated
National Revolutionary Army
12,000
Medium-confidence figure
Chinese Red Army
100,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Kalgan was fought during the intermittent ceasefire mediation conducted by George Marshall between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. The engagement took place at Zhangjiakou, a city that had been renamed, placing the battle within a contested urban and political context. The battle occurred at a moment when negotiations remained unresolved, making military operations on the ground a direct factor shaping the terms and credibility of the broader peace process Marshall was attempting to broker.
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