Chinese Civil War
1927–1949 civil war in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a CCP victory and control of mainland China in the Chinese Communist Revolution.
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Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War (from 1947) | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 國共內戰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Literal meaning | Kuomintang–Communist civil war | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The timeline of the war is generally divided into the First Kuomintang–Communist Civil War fought between 1927 and 1937, and the Second Kuomintang–Communist Civil War fought between 1945 and 1949. with an interlude: from 1927 to 1937, the First United Front collapsed during the Northern Expedition, and the Nationalists controlled most of China. From 1937 to 1945, hostilities were mostly put on hold as the Second United Front fought the Second Sino-Japanese War with eventual help from the Allies of World War II, although co-operation between the KMT and CCP during this time was minimal and armed clashes between the groups were common. Exacerbating the divisions within China further was the formation of the Japan-sponsored Wang Jingwei regime nominally established to govern the regions of China under Japanese occupation. Civil war resumed when it became apparent that the surrender of Japan was imminent. The Communists gained the upper hand during this phase.
The CCP gained control of mainland China and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949, forcing the leadership of the Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan.[13] Starting in the 1950s, a lasting political and military stand-off between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has ensued, with the ROC in Taiwan and the PRC on the mainland both claiming to be the legitimate government of all China. After the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, both tacitly ceased to engage in open conflict in 1979; however, no armistice or peace treaty has ever been signed.[14]