page_title: Battle of Hainan Island
section_title: Conclusion
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Hainan Island / Conclusion
caption_attribution_description: English: Hainan Island Liberation Celebration Assembly on May 1, 1950 中文（简体）‎: 1950年5月1日，海口市群众举行海南岛解放庆祝集会
context_page_description: The Landing Operation on Hainan Island, also known as the Battle of Hainan Island or the Hainan Campaign for short, was a series of battles fought between the Kuomintang and the People's Liberation Army for the island of Hainan during the resumption of the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II period, and resulted in a Communist victory.
context_section_description: On 23 April 1950, Haikou fell. In the early morning of 24 April 1950, the second wave of the communist landing forces arrived at Tianwei  and joined their comrades in pursuit of the retreating nationalists on three fronts. The communist eastern front consisted of the 119th and 120th Divisions of the 40th Army, the 128th Division of the 43rd Army, the 3rd Division and the Independent Regiment of the Qiongya Column who all advanced with the objective of capturing regions including Jiaji, Wanning and Lingshui in Haikou and Wenchang. The communist central front consisted of the 127th and 129th Division of the 43rd Army, and the objective was to capture the regions of Beili (北黎) and Basuo (八所) in Chengmai. The communist western front consisted of the 118th Division of the 40th Army and units of the 43rd Army, which pursued the nationalist troops that were retreating westward.
  By 30 April 1950, Yulin (榆林) and Sanya at the eastern front fell. By 1 May 1950, Beili and Basuo fell into the hands of the communist 43rd Army and the 1st Division of the Qiongya Column. A regiment of the 90th Division and the 286th Division of the nationalist 4th Army were completely destroyed while covering the retreat of other nationalist units in the last battle of the campaign. The communists achieved complete victory at the end.
  The communists achieved victory in Hainan despite having little experience in amphibious warfare and the PLA was able to restore the morale after similar unsuccessful attacks at Kinmen and Dengbu in 1949. Communist casualties totaled 4,500 while nationalist losses are estimated around 33,000. The remainder of the nationalist troops retreated to Taiwan.
caption: People celebrating the communists' victory in Haikou on May 1, 1950.
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