Why did the Communists win the Civil War?

  • What influenced/attracted the people?
  • Were the communists better than the nationalists in terms of their military?
  • Include change in military tactics
  • Why did the nationalists lose?
  • Long term effects before 1945
  • Chinese civil war 1945-1949
  • Two sides

The Chinese Civil War, one of the most prominent events in the Chinese History began at the end of World War II in 1945 up till October 1, 1949. The Civil War has since become a popular topic of debate, attracting many historians and politicians to argue over why the Communists ultimately overthrew the Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang or Guomindang, and won the civil war.  This essay will examine how the Communists, lead by Mao Tse Tung, starting off as a weak party, consolidated power through numerous ways such as their ideologies, economic, social, foreign and political aspects, their military tactics, as the cult of personality of the leaders. It will also examine the weaknesses of the Nationalists, led by Chiang Kai Shek, and the long term effects of WWII that brought to the closure of the Civil War, with the Communists emerging victory.

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SOCIAL ISSUES:

        One of the key advantages of the Communist Party can be seen in their social aspects such as their huge support of the peasants, which dominated the majority of the society (90%). At the end of WWII, the Nationalists gained control of all the main cities in China, while the communists held the countryside. Mao was able to recognize the distribution and domination of peasants of people in the Chinese community, who lived in the country side, and realized that even though the peasants were middle-class, they were living in harsh conditions, not much better off than the ...

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