The United Front

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  • Created on: 14-04-13 21:08
What year was the united front
1924
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Why CCP needed the united front
only 50 members 1921 - urged by Comintern - no power against warlords or foreign interference
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Why GMD needed the united front
Comintern - no power against warlords and foreign
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Why sun yatsen agreed to work with USSR
admired structure and discipline of bolsheviks - socialism compatible with marxism -
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Why USSR needed united front and what did they offer who was a main agent of comintern
- Needed mongolia as a buffer against Japan, ties with GMD secures intrests, retained hold of trans siberian railway, seizure of mongolia 1924 - needed a safe guard - Comintern agent Borodin offered finance and military
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what year and what was the may 30th movement
1925 people marched on shangai after shooting of chinese workers by japenese factory guard. \british opened fire 12 dead. /attacks and protests similar to boxer rebellion./ showed need for united front
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What year did Sun Yatsen die who took over and why
1925 - Chiang Kai Shek - manipulated need for military as commander in chief of Whampoa militray camp and leader of the NRA
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Chiang Kai Shek reasoning for northern expedition
No love for CCP - didnt believe could work together - only needed CCP for warlords
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Who where the three main targets in the Northern expedition
Wu Peifu - central plains Sun Chuanfung- Eastern china Zhang Zhoulin- Northern China
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How did Chiang defeat the main targets
By surrounding them and cutting tehir supply lines
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Who was the exception
Sun Chuanfung hardest to overcome army of 100000 counterattacked and damaged NRA
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What year did the Northern expedition end
GMD became legitimate government of china in 1928
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What did Chiang do to the communists one example
Started purging his party of Communist sympathisers from 1926.. Closest challenger Wang Jingwei leader of left of GMD
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How did the CCP react
they didnt as comintern stressed that the united front was the most important
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Was the northern expedition a success
No didnt destroy Warlords just absorbed them. Made deals allowed some to keep armies or offered positions in government
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