Chinese civil war
- Mao and the CCP liberated much of northern China from the Japanese by 1945
- Chiang was supported by the U.S.
- The US wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (george Marshall)
- Mao led peasant army peoples liberation army (PLA)
- Civil war takes place from 1947 to 49
- Chain and Nationalists lost, retreating to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
- Becomes Nationalist China
- 1st October 1949 Mao
"You say, away with you Communists; we say, away with you imperialists." -Mao
Summary
his war lasted from 1947 to 1949. Mao and the Communist Party gradually gained control of the country. Chaing and the nationalists eventually lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan) and set up Nationalist China and on the 1st of October, 1949 Mao announced the establishment of the newly communist Peoples Republic of China