Major conflict208 CE – 209 CE · 1 year

Battle of Red Cliffs

Red Cliffs · Yangtze River · China

Estimated casualties

100Ksingle estimate · no range published

Decisive naval battle during Three Kingdoms. Combined Wu-Shu forces defeated Cao Wei, preventing unification.

Belligerents3

  • Eastern Wu
  • Eastern Wu-Shu Alliance
  • Cao Wei

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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29.80°N · 114.30°E · 208 CE – 209 CEWARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / RED-CLIFFS-BATTLE

Cite as: Battle of Red Cliffs (208 CE – 209 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/red-cliffs-battle · Sources & methodology