Long March By Nanking1937 Jul 28, 1914 WWI Starts May 4, 1919 May Fourth Protest against the provision in the Versailles Treaty Jan 8, 1921 Small communist groups begin to form Jun 12, 1921 Delegates of Communist groups met secretly in Shanghai, established CCP under the direction of the Dutch Comintern agent Maring (Hans Sneevliet) May 15, 1922 KMT Co-sponsored the Hong Kong seamen’s strike Jan 8, 1923 Mao was invited to CC by Chen Duxiu Feb 7, 1923 Massacre of railway workers ordered by Wu Peifu, labor organizers(mostly communists) arrested Jan 6, 1924 KMT and CCP formed United Front to wipe out warlords and imperialism Mar 12, 1925 Sun Yatsen died May 30, 1925 May 30th Incident. Protest at International Settlement in Shanghai with protestors fired upon by British commanded police Jul 9, 1926 Northern Expedition Launched Apr 12, 1927 Shanghai Massacre, AKA White Terror Apr 29, 1927 White Terror Nov 28, 1927 Mao fled to Jinggangshan in Jiangxi Province and established revolutionary base there Aug 15, 1930 Mao proclaimed a soviet-style government in southern Jiangxi Dec 29, 1930 Futian Incident Sep 20, 1931 Japanese Take-over of Manchuria Oct 8, 1933 Chiang established blockhouse strategy against Communist Base Period: Oct 29, 1934 to Jun 29, 1935 Long March Oct 30, 1934 Long March started Period: Jan 15, 1935 to Jan 17, 1935 Zunyi Conference Jul 7, 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident Dec 13, 1937 Nanking Massacre Sep 1, 1939 Start of WW2 in Europe
