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Sat Yat-Sen
Leader of the Nationalist Party -
Mao Tse-Tung
leader of the communist party -
Nationalists Challenged
The communists party challenged the Nationalists party. Mao Tse-Tung believed that peasants would rise and support the communist and bring change -
Chiang Kai-Shek
After Sat Yat-Sen died Chiang Kai-Shek emerged as the leader of the Nationalist Party -
Japan
Japan attacked China so the communists & nationalist decided to fight against them but the nationalist were secretly still fight against the communists while the communists were actually fighting against the Japanese. this earned the trust of the citizens. -
Long March
6000 mile, year long journey to escapt the Nationalists forces. 100000 communists began the march and 2000 finished.
