The Battle of Luding Bridge (simplified Chinese: 泸定桥战斗; traditional Chinese: 瀘定橋戰鬥; pinyin: Lúdìng Qiáo Zhàndòu) of 1935 was a controversial crossing of the Luding Bridge by the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Red Army during the Long March. The bridge, situated over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, was located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an and was a river crossing vital to the Red Army.
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