Thursday, December 19, 2013

1943 Mao is the chairman of the Politburo AND THE SECRETARIAT OF THE ccp 
7TH NaTIONAL pARTY CONGRESS, aPRIL 1945

  • 1ST PARTY GATHERING SINCE 1928
  • mAO'S LEADRESHIP NOT CHALLENGED 
  • constitution WRITTEN , CENTRALIZES POWER UNDER PARTY CHAIRMAN 
  • Soviet Union not involved in the conference 
End of WWII 
  • CCP suffered many less losses
  • GMD low public support
  • GMD tired of fighting, many losses in Japanese war 
  • US helped transport GMD troops to key locations, so they wouldnt have to surrender to the CCP
  • USSR helps maintain control of Manchuria for the CCP and gives them confiscated arms from captured Japanese armies
  • President Marshall goes to try and help peace talks. 45 days of peace talks between Mao and Chaing Kai-shek, they make an agreement- leave the room & go back to fighting :(
Chinese Civil War (effects on both)
  • Lots of corruption in the GMD 
  • The GMD had "islands" (They had control of large cities, but the CCP controlled all the rural areas 
  • CCP good military strategy. 
    • Started with Guerilla tactics 
    • they got larger, switched to more traditional tactics 
    • Isolated cities controlled by the GMD
  • CCP good military leadership (Zhu-De)
  • GMD not much of a strategy 
    • Loss of territory 
    • Demoralized 
    • The rest of these notes on the Wiki...Some info I missed
Civil War Ends
  • CCP continued to conquer land
    • insists on strict army discipline 
    • Economic policies to stop hyperinflation
  • Chaing leaves for Thai Wan 
  • Zhou Enlai- threw Mao his support in conference, Mao started to come forward as a leader in the party
  • Zhu De - Military Commander, reputation as a bit of a "softer" leader than Mao
  • Liu Shaoqi- Leader of some army i think? 

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