KEY DATES Chinese Civil War Flashcards
First United Front
Between CCP/KMT against Japanese invasion, 1937
May Fourth Movement
Led by students in Beijing against warlords and the Japanese, 1919 (STC)
Long March
Made Mao the undisputed leader of the CCP, 1934-35 (STC)
White Terror
CKS expelled all the communists from KMT, Shanghai, 1927
Japanese Invasion
Resulted in the formation of the First United Front, May 22nd, 1937
Communist Victory
CCP won the war against KMT, 1949
Chinese Civil War
Dates widely debated due to separation of LT- and ST- causes; main phase generally regarded as 1945-1949.
Peace Talks
Mao, Zhou, Jiang attended peace talks in Chongqing, accompanied by Patrick Hurly (FI), resulting in a short-lived bilateral pact promising to suspend hostilities and form an all-party government, August 1945
Second Sino-Japanese War
Caused government revenue to shrink, resulting in hyperinflation and a thriving black market (STC), 1937-1945
KMT capture of Yan’an
One of the few Nationalist victories over the course of the war, March 1947
Generalissimo’s Flight
Jiang Jieshi fled by airplane to Taiwan, marking the end of the Nationalist era in China, 1949