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Battle of Red Cliffs

Battle of Red Cliffs
Part of the wars at the end of the Han Dynasty
Engravings on a cliffside near Chibi City 
Engravings on a cliff-side mark one widely accepted site of Chibi, near present-day Chibi City, Hubei. The engravings are at least a thousand years old.
Date Winter of 208 CE (Northern Hemisphere)
Location Close to the Yangtze River, China.
Precise location is debated. Referred to as Chibi (Red Cliffs), on the southern bank of the Yangtze.
Result Decisive Sun Quan and Liu Bei victory
Territorial
changes
Cao Cao fails to conquer lands south of the Yangtze River
Belligerents
Sun Quan,
Liu Bei
Cao Cao
Commanders and leaders
Zhou Yu,
Cheng Pu,
Liu Bei
Cao Cao
Strength
50,000 800,000 (Cao Cao's claim) to
220,000–240,000+ (Zhou Yu's estimate of Cao's core force)
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, though described as significant

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