https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8 en-us 2022-09-13 11:22:29 UTC 2026-01-15 20:14:09 UTC hello@padlet.com maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294090308 The First United Front was formed between the KMT and the CCP to fight the local warlords and foreign powers
Mao Zedong formed a peasant army in Jiangxi which worked with the KMT to reduce the power of warlords

]]> 2022-09-13 11:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294090308 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294091882 The First United Front collapses after the KMT turns on the CCP with extermination campaigns after defeating the warlords]]> 2022-09-13 11:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294091882 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294092672 The CCP and the KMT cease fighting in order to fight the advancing Japanese army]]> 2022-09-13 11:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294092672 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294093693 Second United Front collapses after the Japanese defeat despite Western efforts to create a coalition govt. 
Although the KMT had a material advantage, their soldiers were unmotivated and eventually retreated to Taiwan
Chiang was slow to respond to the Japanese advances and continued to focus on fighting the communists.
This was exploited by the CCP,  despite not doing much of the fighting. 
The Japanese army in China distracted the KMT, and allowed the CCP to survive. ]]> 2022-09-13 11:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294093693 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294094446 Mao had more effective military leadership and more support from locals
Land policies were popular with the peasants, their member ship increased from 40k in 1937 to 1mil in 1945
The CCP wins the Chinese Civil War, the PRC is founded]]> 2022-09-13 11:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294094446 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294103653 Mao was elected chairman of CCP during this period
CCP escaped to Yenan to survive from increasing KMT attacks
This became their stronghold and base]]> 2022-09-13 11:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294103653 maejimayoshinori https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294114527 There was an ideological divide between Mao (peasant centered revolution) and the pro-Moscow wing (centered around the urban workers)
Mao encouraged self-criticism sessions within the CCP to purify the party ideologically and strengthen his grip on the party.
These "sessions" involved torture and forced confessions. 
This created an ideology that was increasingly centered around him]]> 2022-09-13 11:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maejimayoshinori/sft70x5cph3pi9c8/wish/2294114527