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 U.S.
- The U.S. 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
SUMMARY :
In WWII the Japanese remained in China. So when the Japanese left both sides wanted to gain the area that they left. Chiang was supported by the US. They where suppling them money, so he wanted to create a deal with the communist side. However they did not take this deal and war broke out.
Quotes:
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Chiang Kai-shek
Subjunctive questions:
How would things be different if the US did not supply Chiang's side money?