Extra detail: Government, propaganda and foreign relations 1924-29 Flashcards
What happened in China in March 1926?
The GMD massacred striking workers in Canton, establishing a military dictatorship
What happened in China in April 1927?
The GMD viciously suppressed a communist-led workers’ revolt in Shanghai and 1000s of workers were killed
What happened in China in 1927?
The GMD massacred striking workers in Wuhan
How many workers were killed by the GMD in 1927?
~30,000
Why did Stalin support the GMD?
He believed that everything that’d gone wrong in China was the fault of the communists who moved away from supporting the urban working class and focused on the peasantry
What were the Locarno treaties?
A wide-ranging set of agreements aimed at ensuring the post-war peace settlement wouldn’t be altered by force
What did Article 1 of the Treaty of Berlin state?
The importance of Rapallo as the basis for friendly German-Soviet relations with regard to all political and economic questions affecting the 2 countries
What did Article 4 of the Treaty of Berlin state?
That the treaty would remain in force for 5 years and that the two states would discuss the future of their political relations in ‘good time’
What did Stalin say at the 6th Comintern Congress in July 1928?
He believed that the world situation was changing, that world capitalism was facing a terminal crisis and that the time was right for an all-out attack on anti-communist social democratic parties in Europe
How did Stalin ensure all communist parties followed the USSR policy line?
Soviet agents were sent to infiltrate foreign parties and report back to Moscow
What did Trotsky and his supporters accuse Stalin of?
Being hypocritical
