Battle of Gaixia

Battle of Gaixia
	Part of the Chu-Han contention
Date	December 203 BC
Location	Gaixia (in present-day Guzhen County, Anhui)33°19′40.001″N 117°33′4.000″E / 33.32777806°N 117.55111111°E
Result	Decisive Han victory Han gains control of China; Liu Bang assumes the title of emperor of the newly formed Han dynasty;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Han	Kingdom of Western Chu
Commanders and leaders
Han Xin; Liu Bang	Xiang Yu †
Strength
300,000	100,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	100,000 80,000 killed in action; 20,000 captured;
	Location within China

The Battle of Gaixia was a battle of annihilation during Early Imperial China, fought between the forces of Han under Liu Bang and Western Chu under Xiang Yu in December 203 BC. It was the final major battle of the Chu-Han Contention, a civil war period following the collapse of the Qin dynasty, which finally ended when Xiang Yu committed suicide after making a last stand by the west bank of Yangtze River at Wujiang. The victorious Liu Bang would ascend to the throne a few months after the battle, declaring himself Emperor of the newly established Han dynasty.