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[quote=MARRIE,267254]For a year, the Red Army fought and retreated westward to Siikiang 
            Province and then north to the Communist stronghold in remote 
            Shensi. By the end of the six thousand-mile march, the co-called 
            Long March, only twenty thousand of Mao's original one hundred 
            thousand followers remained. The survivors, though, were 
            experienced, hardened, and dedicated to Mao and the CCP. Moreover, 
            along the march's route, Mao had left behind small "cells," or 
            groups, of loyal comrades with whom he would later build political 
            and military support. 
            In 1937, Mao and Chiang subordinated their differences to unite 
            against an invasion from Japan. Mao remained in the rural northern 
            provinces conducting mostly guerrilla warfare against the Japanese 
            and solidifying his reputation from protecting the peasants in the 
            countryside as he stockpiled weapons and arms from the Soviets and 
            their allies. His army prospered. Meanwhile, Chiang faced larger 
            Japanese forces in the urban areas of the south, which weakened his 
            army. 
            Immediately after the end of World War II, the Nationalists and 
            Communists resumed internal fighting for control of China. Mao, now 
            with the stronger force, began an offensive and, through a series of 
            battles, pushed the Nationalists into smaller and smaller areas. 
            Finally, in 1949, Chiang and a few followers withdrew to Formosa and 
            formed Nationalist China. 
            On October 20, 1949, Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China 
            and accepted election as chairman. Now completely controlling the 
            most populous country on earth, Mao moved ruthlessly against 
            landowners and all others who opposed him. So totalitarian was Mao's 
            rule that he executed or starved to death more than 20 million of 
            his countrymen over the next two decades in order to bring them the 
            "joys" and "advantages" of Communism.[/quote]

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