Chapter Four

Question 1

When did the civil war begin in China?

Answer 1

July 1946

Question 2

How was China divided at the end of World War Two?

Answer 2

Japan occupied north and centre of china and large Chinese coastline.
Nationalists occupied southern and western area from chongqing
Commmunkkst controlled much of northern countryside
USSR controllled Manchuria

Question 3

How many troops and artillery weapons did the GMD have?

Answer 3

Troops 4.3m
Artillery 6000

Question 4

How many troops and artillery weapons did the CCP have?

Answer 4

Troops 880,000
Artillery 600

Question 5

What was the communist fighting style?

Answer 5

Guerilla warfare with a smaller more tightly knit force, they had large quantities of weapons from the red army in Manchuria . The CCP troops were well disciplined and had strong belief in their cause.

Question 6

What was the CCPs ideologies?

Answer 6

Party of the people and patriotic in fighting the Japanese. They involved peasants and encouraged the national bourgeoisie to join them. Communist troops spread proper Ganda wherever they went.

Question 7

What were GMD military tactics?

Answer 7

Fought conventional warfare, large well equipped force with aircraft and heavy artillery weapons. The GMD troops were ill disciplined and lacked the will to fight. The leader were tactically weak.

Question 8

What was the GMDS political standpoint?

Answer 8

‘ one true party of china’
They controlled the central government but were divided by factional rivalry
Regime was plagued with corruption and inefficiency
Had not fulfilled sun yat sens three principles

Question 9

Pha