The Long March
•Mao led his Red Army on a 9,000 km retreat across China
•Lost 3/4ths of his army
•Settle in the north (Shensi) where he forms the Yenan Soviet
•CCP began to gain power due to their resistance of the Japanese
•Kuomintang was more worried about fighting the CCP
•Lost 3/4ths of his army
•Settle in the north (Shensi) where he forms the Yenan Soviet
•CCP began to gain power due to their resistance of the Japanese
•Kuomintang was more worried about fighting the CCP
Question
Why was the Kuomintang afraid to fight the CCP?
summar
The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang. It began Mao Zedong's ascent to power, whose leadership during the retreat gained him the support of the members of the party.