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Long March: Background
Civil war in China between the Nationalists and the Communists broke out in 1927. In 1931, Communist leader Mao Zedong was elected chairman of the newly established Soviet Republic of China, based in Jiangxi province in the southeast.
Long march oleh mao tse tung biography
Between 1930 and 1934, the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) launched a series of five encirclement campaigns against the Chinese Soviet Republic. Under the leadership of Mao, the Communists employed guerrilla tactics to successfully resist the first four campaigns, but in the fifth, Chiang raised a huge force and built fortifications around the Communist positions.
Mao was removed as chairman, and the new Communist leadership employed more conventional warfare tactics, and its Red army was decimated.
Did you know? The Communist Party of China, founded in 1921, is the world’s largest political party.
Long March Begins: October 16, 1934
With defeat imminent, the Communists decided to break out of the encircl