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
The Chinese Civil War (1927–1950) was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the government of theRepublic of China led by the Kuomintang (KMT) and forces of the Communist Party of China. The Kuomintang were defeated and fled to Taiwan.
question
What would have been different if Chiang wasn't supported by the U.S.?