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The Revolutionary alliance overthrows the last Chinese Emperor
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on october 10th in 1911, the dynasty falls. the soldiers forced the emperor to leave his position. at this time the emperor was a five year old boy.
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Mao Zedong's Communist Party gains support from the peasants by giving them land
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Jiang Jieshi defeats Mao's communists and the communists flee in "the Long March"
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Jiang Jieshi becomes leader of the Nationalist party.
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(1927-1950) War between Chinese communists and Republic loyalists.
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Japan invades China in WW2 suspending the civil war.
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The first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima Japan.
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Japan signs the Instrument of surrender on September 2, ending WW ll.
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The communist party seizes control of China