China 1937 49

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• China 1937- 49
• 1937 Second United Front attacks Japanese armies
• Japanese launch full scale invasion
• 1941 America enters war after Japanese attack on
  Pearl Harbour
• 1945 End of World War 2 - August 6th Atomic bomb
  dropped on Hiroshima
• 1946 America tries to keep the two sides together
• 1946-49 Civil War CCP wins

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CCP Brought hostilities to an end Accepted the
leadership of GMD Abolished the Yenan
Soviet Provided the greatest resistance to the
Japanese Used Guerilla warfare Land reform in
areas they captured Lowered rents Looked after
Peasants Gained lots of new supporters
GMD USA help by giving weapons Move HQ to
Chongqing Reluctant to fight Corrupt Lost lots
of supporters who went over to CCP
Japan What were they doing? In 1937 they
invaded They marched South attacking the
GMD Their policy was Kill All Destroy All In
1945 Japan was defeated