Communist Victory in the Chinese Civil War

There were many different reasons resulting in communist victory after the War against Japan in 1945.The last phase of the Chinese Civil War, lasted from 1945 to 1949. At the time, the CCP, led by Mao Zedong, and the GMD led by Chiang Kai Shek, were vying for power to lead the whole of China. To begin with the GMD had the advantage with support from the United States, who provided advanced weaponry as well as financial aid through its Marshall Plan Scheme. It was officially accepted as the real government of China throughout most of the world and furthermore had the support of the wealthy upper class in China. However, the CCP had the support of the common people in China, due to their communist ideology, and because the commoners could identify with the CCP. Practically, the Soviet Union also offered support to them and with all this the CCP won the war and Mao proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. To begin with, the CCP had the support of the majority of the population through peasants, while the GDP had the support of only the upper class. While the upper-class may appear to possess more authority the simple ratio between them and the peasants in China meant far more than the general upper-class’ standing point – 95% of the Chinese population were peasants. The morale of the CCP army was high and their soldiers were well-disciplined and treated the common peasants well, in the countryside, gathering tremendous support as they preferred the Communist ideology. Awareness towards the peasants was effectively raised through propaganda and education