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Sun Yat-Sen
Sun Yat-Sen was an important player in the Chinese Civil War. He was the leader of the Nationalist Party and brought forth "western ideas" like a land reform, supporting democracy, and siding with the allies -
Chiang Kai-shek
After the death of Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-shek became the new leader of the Nationalist party and was immediately challenged by the new Communist party which would start the Chinese Civil War -
The Long March
The Long March was a year long, 6,000 mile journey that Mao Tse-tung and his Communist forces had to make to escape the Nationalist forces -
Japanese Attack
Japan sensing that China was split during their own civil war decided to attack Manchuria which was in northeast China, thinking that they would be able to take what they want as China fought themselves -
Japan vs China
With Japan attacking China, Mao and Chiang decided to put their own war on hold, which forced them to join together to defeat Japan -
Mao Prevails
When Mao and Chiang joined forces the Communists who were led by Mao did most of the heavy lifting against the Japanese while Chiang secretly told his forces to kill the Communists while they were preoccupied, and the people of China found out about this and supported Mao
