The United Front
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- The United Front 1924
- CCP
- only 50 members 1921
- no power against warlords (attempt to stop railway in Beijing under control of Zhang Zhoulin) 1923
- urged by the Comintern to combine with GMD
- only 50 members 1921
- GMD
- approached by Comintern 1923 agents including Borodin offered money and military supplies
- Socialism compatible with Marxism
- Sun Yatsen willing to respong to USSR as powerless against Warlords
- Admired structure and discipline of Bolsheviks
- 1923 Moscow GMD pact of friendship
- The soviet union
- wanted to safe guard
- Co-operation with GMD secure intrests in Mongolia and preserve it as a buffer against Japan
- seizure of outer mongolia 1924
- retained hold of trans-siberian railway so easy access
- Why?
- Fight against Warlords and Foreigners (but used foreign interference)
- 30th May 1925
- A large crowd marched on Shaangai after the shooting of Chinese workers by a Japanese factory guard
- The british opened fire on protestors killing 12
- Attacks on foreigners similar to Boxer rebellion
- The british opened fire on protestors killing 12
- Revealed how strong foreign resentment was
- Need for united front
- A large crowd marched on Shaangai after the shooting of Chinese workers by a Japanese factory guard
- 1925 death of Sun Yatsen
- released anti communist forces within the party
- The need for a stong military allowed Chiang kaishek to become leader of the party
- Proved himself as commander in chief of whampoa military camp in guangzou
- used his leadership of NRA
- Chiang Kai Shek
- No love for marxism
- Didn't believe CCP and GMD could work together and they had to be crushed
- Had to get rid of Warlords before CCP
- Northern expedition 1926-1928
- Three main targets:
- Sun Chuanfung- eastern China
- Hardest to overcome his army of 100000 launched a series of counterattacksthat damaged NRA
- Wu Peifu - central plains
- Zhang Zhoulin- Northern China
- Surround and cut supply lines
- Sun Chuanfung- eastern China
- GMD became legitimate government of china in 1928
- Mao did a lot on behalf of CCP 'son of Hunan' links with peasants
- Failures of Northern expedition
- didn't completely wipe out warlordism
- some where allowed to keep armies aslong as cooperated with GMD
- some one over by being offered places in the party
- didn't completely wipe out warlordism
- Three main targets:
- started purging CCP sympathizers in the GMD including closest challenger Wang Jingwei leader of the left
- CCP didnt react due to comintern who stated must stay united
- Northern expedition 1926-1928
- CCP
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