辽沈战役

liáo shěn zhàn yì

Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War

辽

liáo

short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province

沈

shěn

short name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]

战

zhàn

to fight

役

yì

forced labor