2.1 The Long March

Question 1

what happened on 16th Oct 1938?

Answer 1

80,000 CCP members broke out of the Jiangxi soviet and began a Long march to safety

Question 2

What tactics did Otto Braun suggest to the CCP?

Answer 2

advised straight line for speed and for them to bring all their belongings so they’d have resources

Question 3

how did Braun lead the CCP to failure?

Answer 3

his tactics lead them to be slowed down by belongings and easy to track by GMD due to their straight path

Question 4

Who took over at the Zunyi conference (+ what year was it?)

Answer 4

1935 - Mao Zedong

Question 5

What did Mao contribute to the long march?

Answer 5

He changed tactics (broke into 3 groups and took long complicated roots) - this confused the GMD (more members of CCP survived)

Question 6

Where did the CCP end up? and how many members were left?

Answer 6

Yanan - 10,000

Question 7

What were the outcomes of the Long March?

Answer 7

• proved as propaganda for Red Army (showed bravery and comradery)
• the huge retreat of CCP secured GMD’s spot as official gov in China
• Red Army won support of peasants as they treated them all well
• allowed communism to develop in Yanan for 10 yrs