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Chinese Civil War (国共内战) 1945-1949

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Chinese Civil War (国共内战) 1945-1949

Description

The Chinese Civil War refers to the re-emergence of conflict between Nationalists and Communists in the immediate aftermath of the Sino-Japanese War. Mao Zedong was victorious and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on the 1st October 1949.

Creator

Lauren Walden.

Collection Items

Source one : General George Marshall with Mao Zedong in Yan’an

Anon. 1946

Source 2: Nationalists invade Manchuria Anon. Nationalist Army enter Shenyang March 12th 1936

1946

Source 3: Hyper-inflation 1 Million Yuan note from the Central Bank of China printed 1949

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Source 4: Behaviour of Red Army Soliders (Mao Zedong’s Three Rules of Discipline and Eight points for attention)

Source 5 : Telegrams between Mao and Stalin

Source 6 American Aid During Civil War

1948

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Source 7: Harrison Forman (1949) Shanghai (China), soldiers preparing American-made tanks for Nationalist retreat to Taiwan during Civil War

Harrison Forman

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Source 8: Mao Proclaims People’s Republic of China October 1st 1949

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