What was the Chinese Civil War of 1927-1950?

1927–1950 intermittent civil war between the Kuomintang government and the Communist Party This article is about the conflict between the Chinese Nationalists and the Chinese Communists. For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War 國共內戰/ 国共内战 (Kuomintang-Communist Civil War)

What happened to the Kuomintang during World War II?

That wildly distorted what was going on from the early 1940’s-1949 and effectively starved out the Kuomintang especially as World War II wound down.

What was the result of the Chinese Civil War?

Chinese Civil War. It resulted in a lasting political and military standoff between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, with the ROC in Taiwan and the PRC on mainland China with both officially claiming to be the legitimate government of all China.

What happened to China after the Second Sino-Japanese War?

The truce fell apart in June 1946 when full-scale war between CCP and KMT forces broke out on 26 June 1946. China then entered a state of civil war that lasted more than three years. By the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the power of the Communist Party grew considerably.

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What if the KMT had not taken over China?

Another alternative is that China would have stagnated due to the KMT’s endemic corruption and mismanagement, ending up as a poor country even today. Another interesting scenario is that Moscow and Washington could have pressured Chiang and Mao into accepting a division of China, much like Korea or Germany.

Would Chiang Kai’s KMT have supported the Soviet Union?

While the KMT were on relatively good terms with the Soviet Union, it is perhaps more likely to believe that Chiang would have gravitated either towards the U.S. or a non-aligned movement.