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Reasons for CCP Victory
- Communists practiced a Spartan style of life close to the common people.
- Morale remained high in the army and was continuously bolstered by indoctrination and effective propaganda. As they had during the war years, Communist troops tried in many ways to win support of the masses.
- In newly occupied areas, social policy was at first reformist rather than revolutionary.
- Defeat of Japan different to way expected
- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Had expected
- US Armies in China
- US Air-force In China
- These would have overwhelmed CCP and Japanese
- CCP Resisted GMD claims to liberated areas
- Lack of GMD Popular Support Base
- Outweighed American resources given to GMD
- 1945
- GMD 5 Million Troops
- CCP 1.25 Million Troops
- GMD American Resources
Reasons for GMD Loss
- Negative GMD Attributes
- Corrupt
- Not true nationalists
- Despite hardware
- Brutal food requisitioning
- Detachment from China's real needs
- Economy
- 65 percent of the budget was met by currency expansion and only 10 percent by taxes
- Dependence on Foreign aid
- the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- The constant depreciation in the value of paper currency undermined morale in all classes dependent upon salaries, including troops, officers, and civilian officials.
Positive CCP Attributes
- Organisations
- Controlled
- Peasant Associations
- "speak bitterness" campaigns
- Morale high
- Attack government's rural class base
- Labour Unions
- Youth Leagues
- Mutual Aid Teams
- Converted to Guerrilla teams
- Able to expand as Japanese pulled out
- High Morale and Ideology
- "When the enemy advances, we retreat. When the enemy escapes, we harass. When they retreat, we peruse. When they tire, we attack".
- Red army respect for peasantry
- Determined to win "the hearts of the people"
- Dedication
- Greater role in government
- Nationalism
- Mao
- Leadership
- Ruthlessness
- Strategy
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