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Civil War (1945-49)
- Events
- June 1946: GMD launch offensive in Northern China
- March 1947: GMD had won many battles and
captured CCP capital of Yanan
- March 1947: GMD had won many battles and
captured CCP capital of Yanan
- CCP, led by Lin Bao, avoided pitched
battles + used guerrilla tactics
- People's Liberation Army (PLA) took control of large areas of
Central+Northern China where they had big support
- People's Liberation Army (PLA) took control of large areas of
Central+Northern China where they had big support
- 1948: PLA was big enough for a pitched battle
- 1948: Battle of Huai-hai -- Guomindang lost
500,000 men+ lots of equipment
- 1948: Battle of Huai-hai -- Guomindang lost
500,000 men+ lots of equipment
- 1948: PLA now controlled Central China and captured Beijing+ Shanghai
- January 1949: Chiang + 200,000 troops fled to Taiwan
- 1st October 1949: Communists set up : People's Republic of China
- June 1946: GMD launch offensive in Northern China
- Background
- Kuomintang
- 3 million american-trained+equipped soldiers.
- Held main cities+railways
- 3 million american-trained+equipped soldiers.
- CCP
- 1 million soldiers, mostly peasants
- Only strong in countryside/ controlled no cities
- 1 million soldiers, mostly peasants
- Kuomintang
- CCP Strengths
- Mao's policies ensured peasant support
- Mao seen as 'liberator' from WW2 fight with Japan
- Successful guerrilla tactics 1946-48
- 1945: 1 million men
- 1949: 4 million men
- 1949: 4 million men
- Mao's policies ensured peasant support
- GMD Weaknesses
- Chiang's government seen as corrupt
- High inflation+ 'blueshirt' brutality --> seen
as party of landlords, not peasants
- American govr. stopped funding Chiang in 1947
when they started losing
- GMD forces fell from 3 million to 1.5 million by 1947
- Chiang's government seen as corrupt
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