The communists
When the last Qing emperor was forced to step-down, there were two competing governments, one run by the Nationalist forces who had overthrown the emperor and the other one run by the Chinese nobility and army, both these
Chiang's nationalist army defeats Mao's Communists. The Communists are forced on the Long March to the remote city of Yan'an in Shaanxi province. Across hundreds of miles, the Communists lose 90 percent of their remaining forces.
It was called the March to the Sea.
Sherman's March to the Sea
long march
Chinese communists under Mao.
Would that be Mao's Chinese Communists?
The long march
The Bolsheviks are now called Communists, if they are still in business. The Bolsheviks changed their name to Communists in March 1918.
Mao Zedong's Chinese communists went of the 6,000 mile Long March during the Chinese Civil War.
the Chinese communists escaped the Chinese nationalists and eventually defeated them. china's self imposed isolation cemented the legacy of Mao Zedong and the stability of modern china
He was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and soon after that he led the Communists from southeast to northwest of China, which was called the "Long March" in 1934-35.
Only about 7,000 survived. The Long March became a symbol of the bitter hardships Communists would endure before they finally gained power in 1949.I think it is also important in Chinese history because of the hardships that the Communists had to go through to finally gain power.
The Nationalist forces had to also deal with the Japanese. They couldn't keep so focused on the Long March. This caused Mao Zedong and the Communists to take over China's government. NOTE: This is a theory accepted by numerous historians.
the communist party gained support of the peasant class during the long march
The Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Ze Dong.