How Did The Ccp Win The Civil War

In 1945-1949, the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning, the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However, the CCP eventually won the Civil War, due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP, bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the landlords; (3) the CCP captured Manchuria and (4) GMD officials became increasingly corrupt.

Many of the GMD troops surrendered to the CCP, bringing advanced weaponry with them. During the Civil War, the CCP used guerrilla tactics to defeat soldiers of the GMD, many of which surrendered to the CCP and taking weapons with them. This made the GMD lose a lot of their army whilst the CCP gained army and weaponry, therefore making the CCP more powerful and the GMD less so. The aresenal of the CCP became increasingly large, therefore making it easier to defeat the weakining GMD troops. This led to the victory of the communists.
Land reform meant landlords lost their power and their land was given to the peasants. The CCP also decreased taxes. However the GMD kept the landlords in power and were brutal to the peasants that disagreed with them. Due to the factors above, the GMD lost even more support from the peasants, whilst the CCP gained more support. The support from the peasants meant that the CCP could increase the size of their army, contributing to its eventual