The Long March, 1934
- Mao led his Red Army on a 9,000 km retreat across China
- Lost 3/4ths of his army
- Settle in the north (Shensi) where he forms the Yenan Soviet
- CCP began to gain power due to they resistance of the Japanese
- Kuomintang was more worried about fighting the CCP
Quote: "New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow."
- Mao Zedong |
Subjunctive question: What if the Mao and the Chinese Communist Party hadn't escaped the Kuomintang?
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Summary: Mao and the CCP retreated 9,00 km to Shaanxi where they set up base and started to fend off the Japanese forces from the north and the Kuomintang in the south.
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