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Chinese Civil War

Chinese Civil War. The Period of Warlords: 1911-1928. Sun Yat Sen steps down in 1912 Yuan Shikai takes over and rules with Chiang Kai Shek Era of Warlords: 1911 - 1928 Power in Northern China Nationalists form Kuomintang Army (KMT) Ask for help from Russia

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Chinese Civil War

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  1. Chinese Civil War

  2. The Period of Warlords: 1911-1928 • Sun YatSen steps down in 1912 • Yuan Shikai takes over and rules with Chiang Kai Shek • Era of Warlords: 1911 - 1928 • Power in Northern China • Nationalists form Kuomintang Army (KMT) • Ask for help from Russia • 1921 CCP forms (Chinese Communist Party) • 239 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRkKKRdiTBc

  3. Pledge to unify China • help Nationalists and Communists come together to expel foreigners & defeat warlords • CCP small and allowed in KMT • 1922 300 members; 1925 1500 members; 1930 50,000 members • Sun YatSen dies – conflict ensues • 1925 Chiang Kai Shek takes over Nationalists, • Much more conservative than Sun YatSen • Cannot get along with Communists • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teFlwPZ9H1c&feature=endscreen&NR=1

  4. Right and left wing divisions KMT • There capitals in China: Beijing, Nanjing and Wuhan • Northern Expedition – 1927-1937 – unite China • Communists Purged (not traditional) • Long March 1934-35 • 12500 KILOMETERS/7700 miles • Treated army well • Peasant support

  5. Japan in China • 1920s Japan • Role of 1929 • Need for resources • 1933 Manchuria (Manchukuo) • Mukden Incident/Marco Polo Bridge • Japan’s Southern Manchurian Railroad • 1937 Nanjing taken • WWII : Nationalist and Communists come together to fight Japan

  6. The Chinese Civil War Continues: 1945-1949 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf-6ff2B0yg • Communists held the North • Nationalists held the South • Suspicions over nationalists • Slowly communists take nationalist territories • 1949 last stronghold • Nationalists flee to Taiwan create Republic of China, Chiang is President…

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