British and US reports indicate that the Soviet troops that occupied Northeast China and Eastern Inner Mongolia region looted and terrorized the people of Shenyang, and were not discouraged by Soviet authorities from "three days of rape and pillage".[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] The Soviets were replaced by the Nationalist Chinese, who were flown in on U.S. transport planes.[52] During the Chinese Civil War, Shenyang remained a Kuomintang stronghold from 1946 to 1948, although the Chinese communists controlled the surrounding countryside.[53] It was captured by the communists on October 30, 1948, following a series of offensives known as the Liaoshen Campaign.[49][54]