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)
•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
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•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
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