HW 2

Air:

• Airlift (after WWII) - Americans brought 80,000 Nationalist troops to Nanjing, Shanghai, and Beijing to prevent Communists from gaining any more land
• Bomber Aircraft used against communists in extermination campaign
  

Land:

• Guerrilla Warfare - In 1934, Mao led communists on the "Long March," a movement that allowed them to avoid the nationalists and unite the Red Army in Shaanxi
• Nationalist troops chased communists throughout the Long March
  
• Communists took over railways, shipping, mining, forestry, agriculture, led night raids on nationalists
  
• Tanks/armored cars used against communists in extermination campaign

More Long March Notes:

• March starts October 1934 with 87,000 communist troops
  
• Communists are losing, about to be defeated
• Otto Braun's conventional tactics (fighting face-to-face, no guerrilla warfare) are questioned
• Mao replaces Braun, resumes guerrilla tactics
• March ends October 1935 with fewer than 10,000 communist troops