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China · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1930–1938Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1930

Mao Tse-Tung1930

Warfare / Civil War

Purges 4,400 men from the Red Army on charges of being anti-Party rebels

1931

Mao Tse-Tung1931

Warfare / Civil War

Kills 3,000 communists after criticism he should in the interests of the peasants

1938

Chang Kuo-tao1938

Warfare / Civil War

Expelled from the Communist Party

Names involved

Chang Kuo-taoMao Tse-Tung

Provenance

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