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