1. BELLWORK Read documents A-C on page 262 in CCW packet. Then, answer questions 1-4 on your bellwork paper. 5. Explain the causes/effects of the Long March. 6. How did the war with Japan effect the CCP and GMD? 7. THINKER: Why was the CCP successful in the first stage of the Chinese Civil War?

2. Causes/Effects of the Long March

3. CCP Fighting Strategy Mao on Guerilla Warfare Mao’s Plan for Revolutionary Warfare Setting up base areas Organization phase Defending the bases Guerrilla phase Protracted war Seizing power “The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy halts, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue.”

4. Why was the CCP able to survive the first stage of the Civil War? CCP Strengths Long March Propaganda Increased support for fighting Japanese & aligning with GMD Dedicated soldiers Fighting tactics GMD Weaknesses Poor treatment of peasants Lost support for not fighting Japanese Failure to implement Sun’s 3 principles of democracy

5. How did the war with Japan effect the CCP and GMD? Impact on the CCP Used the war with Japan to carry out policy of revolutionary warfare “our fixed policy should be 70% expansion, 20% dealing with the GMD, and 10% resisting the Japanese.” Control of 678 out of 914 towns Land Reform Improved education Reducing taxes Egalitarian policies Women’s rights Successes cause people to see them as the true nationalists – surge in popularity Problems with the GMD Large support areas fell under Japanese control Loss of tax revenue Print more money = inflation Corruption Ill-treated troops Japanese control of ports = low supplies Factions formed Jiang’s response = repression! Lacked control over provinces Exhausted from fighting – high death tolls against Japanese Lost public support – puppet of W. Imper.