Winding Down The Cultural Revolution

Winding Down The Cultural Revolution 

• 18 million red guards sent to the countryside under "Up To The Mountains And Down To The Villages"
• Lost Generation, most never came back from the countryside 
• In reality peasants didnt like the red guards as they knew nothing about agriculture, more of a burden 
• Education abolished so nearly all of the red guards had no education 
• After Ninth Party Congress Lin named as Maos formal succesor 
• Lin became convinced he was under threat, tried to flee but plane crashed due to lack of fuel, killing him…