attempts to avoid a civil war Flashcards
who wanted to avoid a civil war and why?
USA and soviet union
so soon after the second world war
when did mao zedong and jieng jieshi meet for peace talks?
28 august 1945
what was a benefit to mao and jieng meeting for peace talks?
propaganda viewpoint - trying to avoid civil war
what pressure did jieng jieshi get to go to the peace talks?
american pressure
what was agreed on during the peace talks on 28 august 1945 between GMD and CCP?
-democratic political system
-release of political prisoners
-unified military force
what was difficult to resolve in the agreement?
who should control military forces and local government
when did the agreement basically come to an end?
immediately after it was signed
jieng jieshi sent his forces into manchuria
why was the communists not prepared for jieng jieshi to sent forces to manchuria?
communists used to guerrilla warfare
didn’t expect after agreement was signed for jieng jieshi to do what he did
why was the communists further weakened?
stalin ordered:
-them to hand over their cities in manchuria to nationalists
on the other hand, what did stalin then do to help the communists?
ordered huge quantities of weapons to be handed over from japanese to communists
when did stalin and jieng jieshi sign a sino soviet friendship treaty?
14 august 1945
what did mao regard the sino soviet friendship signed by stalin and jieng jieshi as?
act of betrayal by stalin
what was stalins opinion on the communists?
no faith to defeat the GMD
why did the continuing conflict between the GMD and CCP an advantage to stalin?
china remained weak and prone to foreign intervention
