Mao- WWII, SIno Japanese War

Question 1

When was Xian incident

Answer 1

1936

Question 2

WHat was Xian incident?

Answer 2

Chiang Kaishek kidnapped by second in command Chang xiuliang because Chang wanted him to focus on Japanese invasion of China, not Mao
Forced the second united front 1936-47

‘Communism- disease of heart, Japan- disease of skin’’

Public wanted him to fight Japan

Question 2

WHat was Xian incident?

Answer 2

Chiang Kaishek kidnapped by second in command Chang xiuliang because Chang wanted him to focus on Japanese invasion of China, not Mao
Forced the second united front 1936-47

‘Communism- disease of heart, Japan- disease of skin’’

Public wanted him to fight Japan

Question 3

WHen was Sino-Japanese war?

Answer 3

1937-45

Question 4

WHat was Nanjing Massacre?

Answer 4

1937
Expected easy victory 3 months
Raided, looted, brutalized locals
Concealed war crimes til trials

kill all, burn all, destory all

Question 5

Tactics

Answer 5

1940- no new terriory being captured
GMD Bored brunt of costly war- lost wealthy east coast and industrial interior
Rely on US support

CPP:
tried and true guerilla
mass mobilization
propaganda painting them as the true defenders of china

Question 6

How was this an opportunity for communist expansion?

Answer 6

Repreive from gmd- rebuild red army, re-organize

organize masses and make new social and political institutions

Mao- use as expansion opportunity
‘70% expansion, 20% GMD, 10% Japan’’

1941- clash between new fourth army and nationslist 40 division

Question 7

How did China become integral to war effort?

Answer 7

Consumed 35% of Japans expeditures after pearl harbour [dec 1941]

Question 8

How does US incentivize China to join war effort?

Answer 8

1941- Rooselelt sells 100 fighter planes to china

volunteer us pilots ‘flying tigers’ 500$ per plane

US loans from 1941-5 increased to 1.5 billion

US persuades britain to get rid off unequal treaties

Question 9

How did united front fall apart

Answer 9

Despite US attempts to mediate between the two sides, GMD and CCP friction compromised war efforts

Question 10

When was Yalta Conference?

Answer 10

Feb 1945

Question 11

Outcomes of Yalta?

Answer 11

Roosevelt wanted stalin to join pacific war

STalin wanted:
concessions- Manchuria, railways, ports, islands

Chiang agrees

USSR recognized GMD not CCP, agree to withdraw from Manchuria 3 months after Japanese surrender