Chinese Civil War
•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
•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: Mao led the Peoples Liberation Army to get back much of Northern China. Chiang and the nationalists lost the war and fled to Taiwan.
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