Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil was fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party and the governing
Chinese National Party or Kuomintang. The two parties began initially by working
together during the Northern Expedition, which were a Kuomintang military campaign
unifying communists and nationalists from 1926 to 1928. The death of the revolutionary
republican leader of the Kuomintang, Sun Yat sen, however, caused power struggle
between the two opposing parties. There were multiple factors that lead to Mao’s success
in the Civil war, which were caused by both the weaknesses of Jiang Jie shi’s
Kuomintang and Mao’s overwhelming strengths as leader of the Chinese Communist
Party. Two parties developed in the 1920s, the Chinese Communist Party and the
Kuomintang. The Kuomintang - Communists United Front had formed first and then
divided into the two separate units. Mao had encouraged peasant activities against
landlords, and this had hastened the split. The Kuomintang was allied with the warlords
and was thus stronger militarily than the Chinese Communist Party, leaving the Chinese
Communist Party struggling in the rural areas. This was one of the reasons for Mao's
development of a rural strategy for the Chinese revolution. This involved more than
surrounding the cities from the countryside; instead it became a complex and
interdependent synthesis of military, political, and economic elements, utilizing
techniques of guerrilla warfare. One measure of the effectiveness of Mao's thought is the
degree to which it served to resolve the intellectual conflict underlying it
During the war, China had lost 2.2 million military men, and it had lost more than
20 million civilians. More than 100 million
Chinese National Party or Kuomintang. The two parties began initially by working
together during the Northern Expedition, which were a Kuomintang military campaign
unifying communists and nationalists from 1926 to 1928. The death of the revolutionary
republican leader of the Kuomintang, Sun Yat sen, however, caused power struggle
between the two opposing parties. There were multiple factors that lead to Mao’s success
in the Civil war, which were caused by both the weaknesses of Jiang Jie shi’s
Kuomintang and Mao’s overwhelming strengths as leader of the Chinese Communist
Party. Two parties developed in the 1920s, the Chinese Communist Party and the
Kuomintang. The Kuomintang - Communists United Front had formed first and then
divided into the two separate units. Mao had encouraged peasant activities against
landlords, and this had hastened the split. The Kuomintang was allied with the warlords
and was thus stronger militarily than the Chinese Communist Party, leaving the Chinese
Communist Party struggling in the rural areas. This was one of the reasons for Mao's
development of a rural strategy for the Chinese revolution. This involved more than
surrounding the cities from the countryside; instead it became a complex and
interdependent synthesis of military, political, and economic elements, utilizing
techniques of guerrilla warfare. One measure of the effectiveness of Mao's thought is the
degree to which it served to resolve the intellectual conflict underlying it
During the war, China had lost 2.2 million military men, and it had lost more than
20 million civilians. More than 100 million