MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · January 31
THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 31
January 31 in history
1949 — Beiping surrenders
31 Jan 1949 — Encircled and hopeless after Tianjin’s 29-hour fall, General Fu Zuoyi negotiates: the garrison marches out, the PLA marches in, and the old capital — its palaces, its universities — passes without a shell. In October it will be the capital again.
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