Mao Tse-TungAugust 1966
Orders the formation of a "Red Guard" of students to attack opposing party members
China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Orders the formation of a "Red Guard" of students to attack opposing party members
The Red Guard is disbanded after they fight each other in a civil war
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