Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949
•Mao and the CCP liberated much of northern China from the Japanese by 1945
•Chiang was supported by the U.S.
•The U.S. wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
Mao led a peasant army - People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
•Civil War 1947-1949
•Chiang and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
•Becomes Nationalist China
1 October 1949 Mao formed the People’s Republic of China
•Chiang was supported by the U.S.
•The U.S. wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
Mao led a peasant army - People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
•Civil War 1947-1949
•Chiang and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
•Becomes Nationalist China
1 October 1949 Mao formed the People’s Republic of China
Question: Why was it so important to the U.S to bring a coalition between the two groups?
Summary: Much of Northern China was liberated by Mao and the CCP from the Japanese by 1945. Chiang was supported by the US and Americans Mao wanted to form a coalition between the two groups. Mao led a peasant army (People's Liberation Army PLA) and eventually Chiang and his army lost the war and he escaped to Taiwan (nationalist) then on Oct. 1, 1949 Mao formed the People's Republic of China (communist).