chinese civil war Flashcards
decline of the second united front
still had fights before japanese lost war. US tried to help, did not really work
what contributed ti delcine of the secon united front
-CCP and KMT conflicts and skirmishes
-failure to establish a coalition govnt
was outbreak of chinese civil war (1946) surprising
not too surprising because even before start of WWII communists vs nationalists. nationalists were winning bevause made communists retreat to rural china.
-then xi’an incident too
shift in balance of power between CCP and KMT
more popular support of CCP becayse they started programs which people liked (sopecifically in rural areas)
-social and economic programs
-literacy and public health campaigns
-moderate land reforms
example of publich health campaigns
how to birth child, how to stay clean, hygeine
who taught literacy to rural people
communists attracted educated college students to teach classes to peasents in china
moderate land reforms in china were
taking land from land lords and gave to peasents (CCP gaining support w/ rural areas)
what were the weaknesses of KMT
-treatment of soliders
-inflation
-war weariness
how were KMT soliders treated
sand was put in their rice by their generals. Leaders were stealing their food. the soliders feet were tied together at night so they could not run away
how were areas inpacted by inflation
like war areas, peoples money was going no where
peoples war weariness
people happy they won the wat but sad ppl died in process. nationalist general lost and got weary, communists got energized
outcome of the civil war
KMT reatreted to taiwann (CCP victory)
what was founded when nationalists lost
PRC founded
why did nationalists move to taiwan
because they had no where else to go. taiwann had just got given back to china from japan after japan lost war
how did madam jiang contribute to war efforts
reppred KMT at US congress and US supported KMT
