Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949
Notes
-Mao and the CCP liberated much of northern China from the Japanese by 1945
-Chiang was supported by the US
-The US wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasant army- People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil war 1947-1949
-Chiang and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
-Becomes nationalist China
-1 October 1949 Mao formed the People's republic of China
-Chiang was supported by the US
-The US wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasant army- People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil war 1947-1949
-Chiang and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
-Becomes nationalist China
-1 October 1949 Mao formed the People's republic of China
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Summary
Mao and the CCP were able to liberate much of northern China from the Japanese. Chiang was supported by the U.S and the U.S (George Marshall) wanted to form a calition between Chiang and Zedong.
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"War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun." -Mao Zedong
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Would the Chinese Civil war have ended with Chiang being a leader if he had stood up to the Japanese in the first place?
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