Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949
-Mao and the CCP liberated much of northern China from the Japanese by 1945
-Chiang was supported by the U.S.
-The US wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasantry army- People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil war 1947-49
-Chiang was supported by the U.S.
-The US wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasantry army- People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil war 1947-49
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
Subjunctive question
what would have happened if the US didn't supply money to Chiang?