Nationalists And Communists During The Chinese Civil War

Q7. The Nationalists and Communists faced an arduous ongoing Civil War in China, the only brief pause they took was to fight the Japanese who had come to take over China. Soon thereafter, the Communists and Nationalists went back to their ways during the Civil War. The leader of the Communist party was Mao Zedong, together they controlled a massive area in northwestern China, mainly the north. The Communists mobilized peasants for guerilla war against the Japanese in the northeast. Due to the fact that the Communists focused their efforts on promoting literacy and improving food production, the Communists had won over the peasants along with their loyalty to them. The Communists efforts had gained them control over the majority of northern …show more content…
In the beginning, it was the Nationalists who had the advantage. The enormous Nationalists army outnumbered the Communists army by about three to one. Not only did they have a large army, but the United States of America continued to pour in support and aid to the Nationalists. The United States would be a very powerful supporter for the Nationalists; unfortunately, it would not work out in the end for them. Although, the Nationalists had massive armies, along with powerful support and aid, they failed to gain the support of the people, which would be one of the actions they failed to take leading to their ultimate demise. The Nationalist forces did very little to win over the popular support unlike the Communists who had the peasants undying loyalty. China’s economy continued to collapse which lead to many of the Nationalists soldiers deserting to the side of the …show more content…
In the end, it did not matter if the Nationalists had a three to one ratio over the Communists soldiers, the Nationalists soldiers were not prepared for what the Communists soldiers could do. In addition, the Communists soldiers were trained guerilla fighters, unlike the weak Nationalist army. Part of the problem for the Nationalist army was due to the fact that they lacked strong leaders, which lead their military organization to become corrupt and have poor morale. Furthermore, the Communists had already won over the support of the common people, the Nationalists were done for. Therefore, although the Nationalists seemed strong, they were nothing of the sort. Numerous policies and actions allowed the Communists to win over the