1946
Civil War
Civil war between Chiang's Nationalists and Mao's Communists resumes after the failure of postwar coalition efforts
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Yan'an in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Civil war between Chiang's Nationalists and Mao's Communists resumes after the failure of postwar coalition efforts
Mao backs Communist participation in negotiations for a coalition government
Mao urges Communist forces to hold Siping as a strategic position in Manchuria
Zhu De is identified with the Communist armed forces as they adopt the People's Liberation Army title
Zhu De is identified as commander in chief of the Communist armed forces using the PLA title
Communist forces adopt the title People's Liberation Army
Zhu De commands Communist forces against the Nationalists as the civil war intensifies
Zhu De commands Communist forces as they prepare for renewed war against the Nationalists
Mao supports the shift from rent reduction toward more radical land reform in Communist-held areas
Liu Shaoqi is associated with the land policy directive encouraging redistribution in Communist areas
Mao frames the renewed conflict as a long revolutionary war against the Nationalists
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