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Mao's Art of War: The Long March and the Chinese Civil War

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It's really really hard to find anything unbiased on China these days. As someone who research Chinese history, thanks for doing this
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sending this to my landlord
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Should have mentioned Mao's "四渡赤水" (crossing the Chishui River four times) around 16:30, one of the most epic moves in military history. Ain't easy to escape from a blockade/siege by enemies that's 15 times of your own size.
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Very objective video without traditional western biases. The reason why KMT failed is losing support from Chinese peasants . Roc was still an old empire controlled by landlords. The majority of Chinese people were peasants and they struggled in starvation, which gave CCP a chance to strive.
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My grandfather's brother died in the Chinese Civil War, but none of his relatives resented the Communist Party. Because at that time, even if it was necessary to collect military rations, Mao's army would write grain IOUs and mobilize people to voluntarily protect their hometown, rather than forcibly taking others as soldiers like Chiang Kai shek's army (like Ukraine now). Chiang Kai shek lost the support of the peasant class, which made him almost lose everything.
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You even mentioned the white terror in 1927. Thank you for your neutral and objective introduction to History of China ❤ You are a respected historical disseminator
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Minor correction: The province that in 1933 Japanese demanded demilitarization of is called Hebei (河北), not Hubei (湖北). The province of Hubei is in the central zone of China, to the south of Henan province.
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One factor that were often overlooked even in Chinese sources was that the warlords are often unwilling to cooperate with Chiang. During some of the most famous battles of the long march, such as the assault across Jinsha river, Mao took advantages of the lack of willingness of Sichuan clique to continue the persuit outside of his borders, this also worked when he launched a deceiving attack on Yunnan
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Great to see a continuation of the Chinese Warlord Era content in the Real Time History channel. Certainly, it helps to fill out a gap in my knowledge of the period of history in this region of the world.
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My grandpa Wu Wei from Taishan Guangdong Province, born 1921 was part of the PLA and served in the war against Japanese occupation, chinas civil war against the KMT, and later went on to serve in the 27th company of the people’s volunteers army in the war of aiding Korea against American aggression. Glory to the motherland. 🇨🇳✊🏼💪🏼 Glory to the patriots, liberators, revolutionaries and workers of the world! Long live the revolution! May the revolutionary spirit of Mao Zedong live on forever!
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This video only mentions the could-be things Red Army maybe have done in the long march, but ignores totally what KMT have done in JiangXi, a total revenge slaughter, in which many former red region villagers were slaughtered empty, goverment supported massacre.
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Mao used a strategy called "Surround cities with villages" 農村包圍城市", basically using the "Poor country side" that is majority of China in early 20th century against the small pockets of cities that has an industry and some wealth, which on the same time based on a game of Weiqi/Go
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The unity of opposites is actually a principle in dialectics that Mao took from Lenin's writings on philosophy, not Sun Tzu. In later interviews he actually said most of his military writings didn't come from Sun Tzu at all, but from applying dialectics to military strategy.
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As an American, I would say Chairman Mao is the great leader of working class with military talent, no doubt about that.
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Mao is The legend. The great leader, One of the top level grand strategist of all time. Look at what he had at the begining, he was a middle school tutor, he led a bunch of uprising farmers, his enemy discribe him as mountain bandit . And now, his portrait is in second largest country's currency. His teaching spread from china to japan , cuba, latin america and africa. His former enemies keep spreading insult rumor about him even he is dead for decades. Western power are so afraid of him that western media demonize him into tyrant and butcher . But history will never end. The more infamous Mao's name in western media , the more proof that maoism is a terrifying weapon against colonialism .
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My father joined the PLA at age 15 to fight Japanese and then fought against KMT and kick them out of Canton province.
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Battle of Chishui River is the most epic and miracle battle in modern history, no doubt about that.
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13:55 is Mao and the American journalist Edgar Snow. Snow went to visit Mao in Yan'an and interviewed him extensively. He wrote a book called "Red Star Over China" based on his experiences. It is an excellent book. One of the few first-hand accounts of the Chinese Revolution by a Western author.
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The Long March is incredible. To a certain extent, there would be no Chinese Communist Party without Mao Zedong. If Mao Zedong was not in Jiangxi at that time, the Communist Party might have been wiped out by Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang troops.
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Wrong: It was not "the West and Japan went to war with China, and defeated China" Correction: It was "the West and Japan invaded China, and defeated China".
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As a Chinese. I think what you say is objective and true. I've seen a lot of videos that are biased and not objective. Your video surprised me. You're a true history teller.👍
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8:17 those were KMT soldiers. mao's red army never had any soviet military equipment until korea war. during the war against japanese, soviet weapons from USSR were distributed to KMT troops, not red army.
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在长征之前的井岗山，毛因他远超众人的军事才能和眼界，受到了高层的冷遇和迫害，每次遇到危机时，他们会启用毛，危机过后再次闲置他。 直到长征无力再进行下去，在遵义这个地方，所有高层共同讨论决议，才确定了毛的领导地位。 所以毛的崛起不是历史的偶然，当时的历史必须选择了他。 但是，这个国家出现了毛亦可说是偶然，因为前后追溯，很难找到第二个有能力半路带领一个危在旦夕的团队和国家走出困境的人。 另外还有一件毛亲口对斯诺说的趣事：“1927年，他在秋收起义时被民团抓获，他用了银元行贿，最终惊险逃脱。”
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Mao is indeed a person with great military talent
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The more research in Mao, the more you will find Mao is the greatest war expert in last 1000 in human history.
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As an Indian, I found Mao to be a great strategist and tremendous farseeing guy. I literally wish if we could go back in time 100 years back and instead of negotiator Gandhi, someone like Mao be there to fight for your Independence then the peasant class which was no better than Chinese or even worser due to constant artificial famines along with the whole working class, students, youth & of course the fragmented armed rebellious groups in every pockets could have been united and then even moderates too would join like the same fiere wind & tempest taking advantage of its high rural hinterland surrounding the few Colonial Cities and if would succeed either we be could have been freed as a unified Republic without any partition or even internal power strifes and so a true Independence dismantling all colonial legacy systems which continues till this very day.
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Interesting how you chose to not mention how the kmt left the people of Nanking to defend themselves as they fled before the Japanese. Where as the commies fought where they could. That is a big factor of why the commies had more support
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in chinese long history, only a few men could rise from commoner to emperor or Supreme leaders...ie. Liu bang, liu yu, zhu yuan zhang and Mao Zedong.....therefore, no matter you like him or not, Mao is really a genius
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Chiang Kai-shek was able to tolerate the warlords and get their troops and support because he had to keep going to war with the warlords to control each city. But this ultimately led to calculations that weren't for the government and the country during the civil war between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang, resulting in many warlords surrendering or betraying the Communist Party.
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This video is such a refreshment especially after those StateBall video full of mistakes,thanks for the job well done,中国人给你点赞👍
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As a Chinese, I am shocked by the objectivity of this video. This is the first time in my two years abroad that I have seen an objective video about Chinese history.
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It's hard to find someone who has studied the history of China so deeply.
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Small error. At 8:40, the man on the right is not ZHOU Enlai, he is ZHU De, who was the Red Army commander.
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告訴你們一些毛澤東的趣事 毛澤東不喜歡錢 毛澤東不喜歡使用任何武器 毛澤東喜歡寫詩 毛澤東看悲慘話劇會哭 毛澤東喜歡吃辣椒 最後，你們不是中國大陸人，永遠也不會讀懂他。 永遠不會懂他晚年時為什麼讀到一首古詩時會痛哭 （六朝何事，只成門戶私計？）
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I don't think I'll ever understand Chiang Kai-Shek. 😕 He reminds me of that fanatic Catholic South Vietnamese dictator that Americans liquidated. Men who cannot compromise and be pragmatic when the need arises should never lead countries.
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Mit der chinesischen Geschichte wird einem nie langweilig.
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Chang didn't defeat the warlords so much as buy their cooperation.
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China owes a lot to Mao. From the Communist Revolution to now, the country freed itself from the yoke and exploitation of European colonialist powers, also from supersitition, socialç e economic chaos, backwardness and rampant corruption, and today it is the second economy in the world, the largest manufacturer, exporter, sending rovers to the moon and to Mars, and is the BIGGEST CREDITOR OF THE UNITED STATES. I'd like Brasil have one Mao!
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Now some people can understand why Taiwan issue is actually the unfinished China civil war.
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这是真实的历史👍🏻油管评论有很多厉害的人，他们有渊博的知识，甚至比一些中国人都了解中国历史，他们真的很有才华
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As a Chinese, I am very happy that you can explain this history without any political position, I like your video, it is the most correct video about China that I have seen on YouTube
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Ngl it’s crazy china made a huge comeback from all this and is on the verge of becoming a world super power.
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The greatest tactician and strategist of all time of all civilizations
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I always find it funny how the Kuomintang and the CCP are defined in western historiography as "nationalist" versus "communists". The CCP was strongly nationalist from its inception. In fact, almost all Chinese Civil War factions were, since it was the strengthening of China, and modern Nation building that they pursued: self-sufficiency. We could simply call Chiang Kai Shek a fascist at this point, since unlike the Republicans from the South and the left wing of the Kuomintang, he wanted to crown himself as leader of the whole nation, much to the dismay of Sun Yat Sen himself. And we all know what he did in Taiwan.
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18:00 I must point out even the numbers may have exaggerated elements about the Long March, there was a conversion error The number of "twelve thousand" frequently used in Mainland sources is counted in old Chinese miles, which roughly converted to 400~450 meters So according to the number claimed by CCP the actual travel distance is about 4800-5200km
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This is why China became a socialist country after a brief capitalist society. China's capitalist regime fled to Taiwan Province of China. The contradiction between the Chinese Communist Party and the Republic of China has not yet been resolved. This is Taiwan question.This is the contradiction between the Chinese Communist Party and the Republic of China. China is still in civil war.
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Mao Zedong is the greatest strategist and poet
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You can call him a dictator or what, but this man is a genius, he succeeded for a reason.
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This history explains why China has always sided with southern countries in resisting imperialist colonialism, because China empathizes with their experiences.
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slight nit pick, the party's official name is the Communist Party of China (CPC) not CCP, despite the later acronym commonly being used by the media and western public.
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I know so little about this period. Thank you for making this! (:
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The entire film lacks any footage of Comrade Mao Zedong's life, whether it is historical records or film materials, or any quotes from documentary interviews (video clips). What we can see is very poor editing and the host's eloquent conversation. Although I cannot understand their language, I am also uninterested. Maoism is a complete systematic ideological system, and Comrade Mao Zedong is the founder of this thought. The ignorant Westerners only used linear thinking to understand how Mao Zedong fought, but never thought about what their army relied on to maintain operations. Do you really think that a force of hundreds of thousands of people can unify China with a population of 400 million in a chaotic world of warlords and foreign enemies just by shouting slogans and beliefs?
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the only youtube video and comment section that doesn't give me a seizure on how little westeners know about china, and using that as an excuse to randomly produce hate and straight up misinformation
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That cannon at the beginning sent me laughing hard. That gun can actually harm both ways.
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This is my favorite channel ever
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Well done! I've read a few books on this topic and I learned new info , plus your clips and photos are amazing
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The first sentence is incorrect. Qing dynasty ruled China for less than 300 years. To be precise, it's 268 years, from 1644-1911.
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Calling the communist part of China the CCP, instead of the CPC, is like someone calling the USA, the ASU. You should try to be more presently accurate, not just historically accurate.
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The PLA..under Mao..must be amongstnthe best mountain troops..anywhere in the world...capable of incredible hardships with incredible disciple..😮
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Crossing Chishui river the fourth times during The Long March was an extremely smart Military operation.
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Mao is seriously up there in the top 5 generals of all time. Imagine if the Gauls had a leader that defeated Rome. That's Mao.
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@2:53 Chiang KaiShek (CKS) has never studied military theory in Moscow. Instead he studied military subjects in Japan and studying in a Japanese military academy.
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Incredible documentary, informative as always!
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At 8'40'' the man in picture not Zhou Enlai but Zhu De.
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Chinese cultural revolution is a intricate history. Briefly, it was actually a collision between different political direction.Mao was an idealist who pursued communism all his life. But some people in the bloc don't share his attitude. He sensed it, and he launched the revolution out of fear that his lifelong enemy——capitalism, would return after his life.The targets of revolution were the so-called “capitalist roaders”. People always follow the Western media in slandering Mao：he caused many people's death in the movement. In fact, they have no idea that the real culprit is capitalist roaders. Mao himself had said that this was a Cultural Revolution war and force should not be used. But the capitalist roaders used the name of the Cultural Revolution to persecute their political opponents. They destabilize the situation, which was the root cause of Cultural Revolution's failure. They staged a coup after Mao's death.They rules China now. The unfairness between rich and poor now is definitely not what he wanted. That's politics.It's hard to judge a person's merits by history. It depend on which faction you belong to.
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Inspiring story. Fighting against all odds against the warlords to save the country from Japanese domination
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Thanks for your brilliant works! It's so rare to see some real historical research on the China Civil War on youtube.
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As Chinese, I'd say this an unbiased video abt China's civil war history I have ever seen on YT. 99% is right.
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Best non-bias history video ❤
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Hope you cover Afghanistan civil war in 1920s and rise of King Zahir Shah who would lead most prosperous time in the country's history. Sad how things turned so bad which still being felt today.
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8:42 Minor mistake about the name tag. The Red Army Commander was Zhu De, not Zhou Enlai.
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11:16 This is the map of Hubei Province today, which is completely different from the boundary of Hebei Province at that time. The empty area in the middle is the capital Beijing and the municipality directly under the Central Government Tianjin. At the same time, Rehe Province was also revoked in history and merged into Hubei and Shanxi.
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There is a Chinese proverb " Water can capsize a boat, but it can also carry it". KMT lost the civil war because the Chinese population did not support them. This is a lesson all political parties and politicians to learn.
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The producers of the video simply don't understand that an army in such dire straits and short of numbers would have been finished long ago if it had not been for the voluntary support and help of the local people during the Long March, but rather for the so-called coercion and blackmail.
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Correction: Qing ruled China for only 268 years 1644-1911, NOT 400 years.
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“The Conquerors” by André Malraux is a highly recommended reading
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You have to admit Mao was definitely a military genius. He played the long game with Chiang Kai-Shek and in the end made him look like a fool.
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One of my friend's great-grandfathers was in The Long March with the 1st Division. They did walk the distance they claimed and had a few major battles.
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Your team's work is always quality, in-depth history. I decided to get Nebula through the Real Time History deal, though it's likely to benefit me moreso than you. Looking forward to Red Atoms.
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毛泽东是中华文化漫长历史结出的伟大结晶。毛泽东深谙中国历史、文化和诗词，更有机会接触到苏共主张的西方马氏哲学体系，因此成为中国历史的巨人。
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Objectively and truthfully speaking, I am glad to see such authenticity on YouTube. Instead of prejudice and lies.
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Great video! Soviet support to Li Lisan is the very beginning of the Sino-Soviet split. Not the only cause but the first of a series of events that would corrode the Sino-Soviet relationship. Soviet Union also tried to flirt with Chiang himself for a while. I read that Mao was expelled from the party, his CCP was not the same of Li's. PS. Only negative remark I have is on 24:00 when the Japanese surrender is (unintentionally?) framed as a direct consequence of the A bombings. There is no consensus on this and the logic seems to point to another direction (Japanese surrender after the Soviet Union sweeping through Manchuria and menacing the invasion of Hokkaido) + diplomatic impossibility of Japan getting a not so bad deal with the US using the "neutral" Soviet mediation.
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dude, you mixed up Hubei Province with Hebei Province, and also used the modern PRC version of the map, wtf. the guy you labeled as Zhou Enlai at 8:37 is actually Zhu De, once again, wtf.
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Mao rescued China. His legacy will live on and haunt imperialists for ever.
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Without Mao or someone who could've accomplished his feats, China right now would be broken up into little pieces, all vassals and exploited by outside powers. A total wet dream of the colonialists. Fortunately this didn't happen, and this is why Chinese still look up to Mao till this day, despite the two great disasters that occurred under his watch
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Amazing introduction 0:00 - 4:00
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Mao is a genius
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found two mistakes. 1, Qing dynasty ruled China less than 300 year; 2, Chiang studied military in Japan not Moscow
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Finally a modern Chinese history told by westerners not just Chiang Kai-shek and Mao ZeDong.
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Nice video. There is a typo at 8:43. The gentleman together with Mao is Zhu De, not Zhou Enlai.
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Very educational!!
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Very nice documentary 👌
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西方把毛主席妖魔化，但实际上了解历史的人才知道毛主席的伟大，他公正无私站在四亿工农阶级的一面，而蒋介石的恐怖统治对老百姓的剥削迫害，设立集中营大规模屠杀共产党人国民党左派人士和支持共产党的老百姓的行为，却被西方美化，目的就是消除共产主义对他们意识形态的威胁
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Even the best LOL player could not perform "四渡赤水" magic move.
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I’m so inlove with this channel. Wish there’s a video on the Cold War too😢
For a more in-depth look at the warlord era, I recommend the beautifully illustrated manga Fist of the Blue Sky.
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mao fought for peoples rights and poor who where always suppressed by the elite landowning class
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Thank you for your serious work, very clear and accurate explanation
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这个评论是关于一个关于中国历史的视频的综述。评论中提到了一些积极的方面，比如视频内容客观中立、填补了中国战国时期历史知识的空白等。但也提到了一些消极的方面，比如视频中有一些小错误、对于日本投降的原因存在争议等。总体来说，这个评论对视频内容给予了积极评价。
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Great piece, Jesse, and nice to see you bring your talented narrative to this chapter of world history. You do such a wonderful job of laying out the sequence of events where each clearly sets the context for what follows while all the time using that gift for modulation to place just the right emphasis on just the right phrase to make your point. One imagines that yours would be the most popular class on any campus.
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Long live Sino India relations
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It’s the “CPC” not “CCP”
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A small mistake at 11:25, it's "Hebei" province rather than "Hubei" province. "Hubei" is another province in which Wuhan is located.
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One correction: Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911. Nice video!
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My grandfather joined PLA in the young age and liberate Shandong province and the capital city Nanjing. He was a signal corp in army. My grandpa joined the large support teams which were consisted by peasants, helped the PLA wined the Huaihai battle.
Okay, now I am desperate to know if that last bit about the Young Marshall is real or just some jacked up propaganda.
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6:40 that quote is from my Poli-Sci professor at Boston University. What a pleasant little surprise!
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11:15, not Hubei but Hebei province. Hubei province is where Wuhan is.
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That ending about young Marshal was epic
1 million Manchurian, a Mongolian tribe, conquered China and ruled China for 300 years till 1911.
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It's CPC, not CCP.
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At 24:33 does anyone know what kind of lmg that is? Never seen it before, almost like a modified Hotchkiss or something with the hand guard removed?
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Qing dynasty had been ruling China for 268 years.
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Great objective overview.
支持，居然有外国人在做这样的事情，感谢
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That last line on the young marshal at the end, haha!
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0:04 I was that little boy marching alone with the army.
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This video actually paints Chang in a relatively better light. From the perspective of a leader of KMT China, his belief that the Communists were the greatest threat to his rule was correct in the end. However, as a "national leader", he should have prioritized Japanese incursions before the internal conflicts which he was largely responsible for initiating in 1927.
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Great video. And, I want to ask, is there a movie depicting the Long March in an objective manner? I reckon such a movie would be great.
Excelente video y saludos desde Lima Perú
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Learn more about Mao, respect more to him.
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The Chinese people eventually abandoned the Chiang Kai-Shek’s government in 1948-1949. Most of peasants and citizens supported the CCP because of the Chiang Kai-Shek’s governmental corruption, suppressing the movements of students and workers, inflation of cash and commodity. Numerous internal Kuomintang personnel also agreed with the vision of CCP, so they delivered the vital confidential information from internal Kuomintang troops to CCP generals. More unexpectedly, when the Song Mei Ling requested the US aid by visiting Truman, Truman directly rejected her request because of Kuomingtang’s light-speedy corruption. Chiang Kai-Shek and his party should retrospect how their governance is so brutal to their poor populace and objectors
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Can anyone explain to me why KMT lost to the CCP with only a few hundred members? Philip Ting: US supported the nationalist during China independence war because it allow Western colonial power to continue to own the land and businesses. They lost the war despite having overwhelming fire power and escape to Taiwan. The communist won because they were supported by most of the Chinese people as they were impoverished. Taiwan is still a colony of US. Maybe an autonomous colony. DG CU-T: The generals of CCP were more united and won several decisive battles, where as KMT was relatively corrupted and internal conflicts among different fractions only exacerbated the situation. The "evil CCP" depicted by the western media occurred probably 20 years later after the civil war; the warrior who slaughtered the dragon become dragon itself. Michael Zhang: Before ccp, there was a party called KMT that was corrupted and plunged China into poverty and civil war. Come here to China ask any elders beyond 70 yrs old hows their life before ccp. You'll know how grateful they are. (Yes I'm telling you from my personal experience because all the elders in my families love ccp.) Yin Zhen Yang: kmt has too many faction infighting, its run by ex noble and big landlord families. In a country consist mostly farmers and peasant and drought, feminine run wild. Every soldier u train potentially coming from poor rural farmer family, the vision of a country where everyone were equal, every fortune are share, is.way more attractive that fighting for the landlords whom doesnt treat u like a human. Basically kmt is in the situation of every collapsing dynasty, overthrow directly or indirectly by the peasant or farmer uprising.
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a little mistake in 11:15, the red region is Hebei instead of Hubei. Hubei is another province in the middle of China
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非常好的内容，
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the smartest wisest and most amazing man of Chinese history, followed by Li shimin the leader of giant tang empire a thousand years ago.
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22:56 doesn’t the guy bald guy on the right resemble Yamashita?
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毛泽东毫无疑问是中国历史上最伟大的领导者，即使只对比民国时期的影像资料和中国内战刚结束时期的影响资料也能看出人民的生活在生产力并没有大幅提高的情况下获得了根本性的改善，同样的国民党军队在内战中一触即溃，而被共产党收编以后在两年后的朝鲜战场爆发出了惊人的战斗力。即使西方媒体通过长期的歪曲，抹黑，甚至编造故事诽谤这位中国的民族英雄，中国人民依旧铭记这位让中国摆脱封建地主，摆脱殖民者，摆脱资本买办，摆脱百年屈辱的历史上最伟大的英雄
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Thanks for the history lesson, Mr. Travolta!
Great video! The best I've ever seen made by an English channel from a perspective of west culture. Chairman Mao was probably the greatest strategist ever in human history. However, we must know that his thinking "serve the people wholeheartedly" is actually THE key feature that distinguishes the Chinese Red Army and PLA nowadays from all other armies. The people's army is undefeatable! Found bugs: 1. On 8:40, the second man from the right in the photo is Zhu De (朱德), not Zhou Enlai (周恩来) 2. On 11:13, it should be He Bei (河北) province, not Hu Bei (湖北)
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Always interesting to learn or re-learn about the Chinese Revolution. Sadly that time is over and now capitalist reaction rules (under a shallow "communist" varnish of empty imagery) but it's only the end of the cycle of proto-proletarian revolutions, much like the end of Cromwell's revolution in the proto-capitalist era did not mean that Capitalism was finished at all.
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Great work as usual. Just be careful with those adjectives, Jesse.
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CPC, not CCP!
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Hello, is there a 2nd episode to this or when will it release? Thanks
8：34 The photos are Ma Zedong and Zhu De
是CPC，不是CCP，很明显你不了解称呼这方面
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0:11 Bro’s cannon really slipped💀
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"Nationalism, democracy, and the livelihood of the people" sounds familiar...
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The most unbiased documentary so far on this topic.
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Correcting： in 8:40, the person marked as"ZHOU ENLAI" should be "ZHU DE"
Mao saw the Japanese Empire as a crucial player to liberating China from Western Capitalist Imperialism. Both Mao and Asanuma were deeply influenced by the thoughts of Asian geopolitical thinkers like Ikki Kita. Mao Zedong on September 27, 1972 said to Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and other visiting Japanese guests: "If Japan had not invaded China, there would have been no victory for the Communist Party. There will be no talks today.... This is the dialectics of history."
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As a Chinese, I am grateful to the video maker for supporting the correct history, let's give the world a truth!
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11:14 HEBEI PROVINCE NOT HUBEI
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basically the truth, so professional. -- from aChinese comment.
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A common mistake when denouncing one brutal dictator is to simultaneously assume the alternate was better.
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Regardless of wha they say about the man, Mao will go down Chinese history as the greatest leader peered only by the first emperor.
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Love the china content
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Professional and detailed.
Mao, the greatest people in human history.
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Aw man! Now I want to be the young marshal! Ha, laughing aside, great presentation- I bought my subscription to Nebula after a few too many ciders, and was not disappointed when the sober fellow showed up. $30 is next to nothing for the great content.
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If Chair Mao lived today Palestine would be a country because Mao wouldn't tolerate Zionist regime's atrocities.
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Corrections: (1) The Qing Dynasty only ruled China for 268 (1644-1912) (2) You didn't mention the 1st and 2nd Opium War of 1842 and 1860.
Despice is the passport of the despicable, and nobility is the Epitaph of the noble
I'm Chinese. Mao is my dearest leader in China . Nobody else.
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Thought u specialize on France 🇫🇷 but this is pleasant surprise. The warlord era is always my favorite n not well covered period of China 🇨🇳 😅when Taiwan 🇹🇼 ruled China 🇨🇳 nice 👍 😊
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Mao Zedong was truly a genius.
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it's not easy to translate everything from Chinese into English. The more you study the true history, the more you understand why Mao's team won the support of the poor farmers, and won the regime from the civil war with team Chiang Kai-Shek. Mao not only brought his team to the nation's leadership, also, smashed and dumped the traditional Confusion cultural that was considered the reason of China falling behind of the industrial revolution; with the reset of the entire nation's RAM, China was able to restarted since 1949, and restoring to its normal status.
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Can you make the video of the civil war in 1946-1949
My grandpas father was drafted into the Chinese civil war and was never to be seen again. To this day they don’t know if he was killed or went awol
Why there's the acronym of the Canadian Conservative Party on the thumbnail? Please, if you're going to tell a history with any resemblance of credibility use the correct acronym, CPC
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Wait, what? Slept with moussolini's daughter, What?
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CPC not CCP!
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简单易懂的讲解，谢谢你
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一从大地起风雷，便有精生白骨堆。僧是愚氓犹可训，妖为鬼蜮必成灾。金猴奋起千钧棒，玉宇澄清万里埃。今日欢呼孙大圣，只缘妖雾又重来！
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对我们中国人而言，毛主席是天才中的天才，他在任何方面都优秀，在那个时代极其罕见
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Mao is not wrong about the defensive yield if done tactically. Eg. In 50 sword ⚔️ fights, I have been only struck once lightly while the other 49 felled to my 🗡 sword.
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8:44 Correction here: The Leader of Red Army was not Zhou Enlai but Zhu De. Zhu De was the man in the picture. On the other hand, Zhou would've become, in 1931, the member of politburo and the secretary of central military commission.
It still annoys me that westerners have problem pronouncing Chinese names.. to constantly hear the names get butchered is.. horrible.
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我听不懂，但称赞毛泽东同志的视频我一定帮帮厂子！博主加油，毛泽东不仅是政治家，还是革命家，书法家，诗人。您也可以看看他的诗。
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讲的很清楚，谢谢你
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There is an error at 11 minutes and 14 seconds in this video，the red province is “hebei province （河北省）”not “hubeiprovince （湖北省）”。
He was a great revolutionary and commander, but a terrible politician and human
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My grandmother’s family was one of the wealthiest families in those days and Mao deliberately killed her entire family leaving only her and little brother (8 year and 4 year)
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That was not a photo of Zhou Enlai...
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Qing Dynasty: 1644-1911, nearly 300 years
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客观讨论，谢谢。
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Mao read the Art of War. So even for a child of landowners, he really gave his family’s farm land to the peasants he supposed to them.
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1st! Last time I was this early, Mao was alive!
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Mao's "art" of war: hide in the mountains while the other sides fight, then swoop in with backup from a foreign power
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I just now read the "Chinese Journals" of Otto Braun, published in the GDR in the 70s. Most of it must obviously be seen through the sino-soviet split, because Braun attacs Mao on every occasion accusing him of rewriting history. According to Braun, Mao favored staying in the communist base area, while Braun supportet the breakout. Pretty interesting stuff
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Mao was the best master of the 80:20 rule in politics and military strategy in entire human history.
Please read the Mao biography. The Reds were not welcomed. They were almost universally hated by the peasantry, and considered no better than bandits. Mao himself was disdainful of labor (he came from a successful landowning family and never liked to work) and had no problems annihilating the peasant class via forced labor and man-made starvation.
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Would be cool if the Chinese people had a better option for government these day.
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The art: run for the hills while your enemy fights to defend your country, while you hide and wait to backstab him 😂
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Zhou (EnLai) pronounced Joe. Similarly Zhang is Jang. Zh is always just J sound.
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What was the closing about?
Probably the single most cataclysmic tragedy in human history...
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But killed 5 million Chinese peasants.
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People's support is important couple with correct socio-political analysis. Talking of the 'fish and the water'😊
Subbed, love the facing, I had a fun time learning and how easy to digest.
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如果你不打算提到西方和美国的介入，那就没必要加入西方学者的观点.
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Aufgepasst Zeitreisende - also eure Ziele sind: Chen Duxiu und Li Dazhao.
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The CPC can defeat Chiang Kai shek. If you give up the prejudice of stereotypical images, you can carefully understand the Chinese Red Army from the beginning of the Long March to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The middle is for the economic and industrial development of the occupied area. The Nationalist Party, waiting for comprehensive crushing
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In the message area, there are still many Chinese Taiwanese who spread rumors like the KMT and continue to discredit the Communist Party🤣
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出乎意料，居然有这么多人关心现代中国的历史。
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视频发出来都不检查下吗？8：25里的明明是朱德，怎么标记的是周恩来？这么不严谨的吗？
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中间有一张图标识错了8：33是朱德不是周恩来。
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Was there any explanation of what NRA stands for? Took me a lot of thinking to figure it out. Natioinal Revolutionary Army. Never heard of NRA before, but I read Chinese history in Chinese.
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More wonderfulness value than wonderful value 👌....thank you for sharing
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Actually, the "Three Principles of the People" are nationalism, civil rights, and the livelihood of the people. Democracy is not one of them.
The truth is, before Mao Zedong, all the land in China belonged to the big landlords, capitalists, and local gentry, however Mao Zedong promised to distribute the land to everyone, so Mao Zedong got more support from people, no matter what tactics he used, the chances of winning were very high, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat opponents with more advanced equipment and technology.
17:23, where Mao wanted to Red Army to go was "Shaanxi", not "Shensi".
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Your video implies that Japan’s dictatorship surrendered because the U.S. military nuked 2 of their cities. The evidence shows that Japan’s dictatorship surrendered to the U.S. govt because the USSR entered the war against them a couple of weeks beforehand, defeated ~1 million Japanese troops on the mainland, liberated the vast resource colony of “Manchukuo” (vital to Japan’s war effort) and was preparing to invade the Japanese home islands. Conquest by the USSR would have meant a much worse outcome for Japan’s capitalist ruling class, so they surrendered to the capitalist USA instead. Many U.S. commanders at the time admitted this, as do many historians today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=macaR0ZsxO0
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The person on the right hand side in the picture @08:43 is mistakenly labelled as Zhou Enlai when it is in fact Zhu De.
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Great video. One mistake in 8:44, the second right people is Zhu De, not Zhou Enlai
16:45, the map of China is wrong. It should include the region of Xinjiang and Xizang which were under effective rule of the KMT government.
in the 8：48，the right second one is not Zhou Enlai，who is Zhude，the general commander of red army
As Benjamin Martin aka Mel Gibson says in the Patriot "We are a militia, this is not regular army."
Its a disaster for the KMT that they had to fight Japan and the communists at the same time. Such a shame.
Excellent video
I had to turn to BOOKs because of how little english content on this conflict there is
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In one picture describing zhou enlai, it was zhu de in the picture by mistake. And the picture was taken much later around 1937-1938 in Yan An after long march.
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Greatest Guerilla commander of all time
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8:44 the right most man wasn't Zhou Enlai but Zhu De. Plz correct
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Power of belief
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8:39 the man at right was Zhu De, the Commander of the Central Red Army.
Mao saved chinese peasants ， he gave a new future to Chinese people
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Mao said the communist party will bring freedom and democracy to China. Chinese Communists is the best liar in the world.
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The official acronym used by the Communist Party of China is "CPC" not "CCP". "CCP" only gained prominence in the anglosphere west because of a concerted activist campaign, not based on actuality.
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in the photo, there was zhu de not zhou en lai.
Stillwell & the American Experience in China by historian Barbara Tuchman
8:35 thats not Enlai, Thats Zhu De. The foreign man is Otto Braun, Comintern assigned general for the CCP. The woman is Wu Lili translator in Yan'an Revolutionary Base.
Also it's "CPC" not "CCP". Misnomers are often malicious. Don't adopt the Anglo Saxon way of saying it. They don't have respect.
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8:35 The person on the right is Zhu De, another Red Army commander
The next episode: Mao's art of economic💀💀
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8:35 That’s Zhu De, not Zhou Enlai.
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The Rise of the KMT and CCP After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, China entered a tumultuous era of modern revolution. During this period, two major political forces gradually emerged: the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The KMT, led by Sun Yat-sen, spearheaded the Xinhai Revolution and proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of China, aiming to end the imperial system and realize a democratic republic. The CCP, founded in 1921 under the influence of Soviet Marxism, advocated for proletarian revolution and socialism. The rise of these two parties marked the beginning of a competition between two distinct political paths in modern Chinese history: the nationalism of the KMT versus the communism of the CCP. Warlord Era and the May Fourth Movement Following the Xinhai Revolution, China failed to achieve true unification and modernization, instead descending into the "Warlord Era" (1916-1928). During this period, various warlords controlled different regions, fragmenting the country and plunging society into chaos. Against this backdrop, the "May Fourth Movement" of 1919 became a pivotal moment. This movement, driven by students and intellectuals protesting the decisions of the Versailles Peace Conference, also symbolized a broader rejection of traditional Confucian values, advocating instead for science, democracy, and modernization. It catalyzed the Chinese intelligentsia to recognize that national rejuvenation required abandoning outdated institutions and embracing Western ideas, laying the groundwork for the spread of communist ideology. The First United Front and the Rise of Chiang Kai-shek Facing the fragmentation of China by warlords, the KMT realized it could not achieve national unification through its efforts alone. In 1923, the KMT and CCP, facilitated by Soviet advisors, formed the First United Front with the shared goal of defeating the warlords and reunifying China. Chiang Kai-shek, rising through the ranks, led the Northern Expedition in 1926, during which the National Revolutionary Army made significant gains against the warlords, steadily bringing the country under control. However, tensions between the KMT and CCP deepened as Chiang grew wary of communist ideology. In 1927, Chiang launched the "Shanghai Massacre" (also known as the White Terror), purging communists and effectively ending the First United Front. The Northern Expedition and CCP Strongholds After the success of the Northern Expedition, the KMT established the Nationalist government in Nanjing in 1928. However, the divide between the KMT and CCP continued to grow. Following the purge, the CCP retreated to rural areas, establishing revolutionary strongholds, particularly in Jiangxi, where they formed the "Chinese Soviet Republic." These communist bases posed a serious threat to the KMT's rule and shifted the struggle between the two parties from a military contest to an ideological confrontation. The Long March Recognizing the CCP as a significant threat, Chiang Kai-shek launched several "Encirclement Campaigns" to eradicate the communist bases. In response, the CCP made the strategic decision to retreat, embarking on what became known as the "Long March" in 1934. Over the course of two years, the Red Army traversed vast and treacherous terrain in southwestern China, ultimately establishing a new base in Yan'an. While the Long March resulted in heavy casualties for the CCP, it also symbolized the party's perseverance and solidified Mao Zedong's leadership within the party. Mao Zedong's Guerrilla Warfare Theory Following the Long March, Mao Zedong gradually developed his theory of guerrilla warfare, which advocated for the use of China's vast rural areas as a base for revolution. His strategy emphasized mobility, flexibility, and leveraging guerrilla tactics to confront the superior forces of the KMT. His famous principle of "the enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy retreats, we pursue" highlighted the importance of maximizing the Red Army's adaptability and initiative. This strategy would later become crucial during both the Anti-Japanese War and the subsequent Civil War between the KMT and CCP. The Second United Front and the Xi'an Incident The Xi'an Incident of 1936 marked a crucial turning point in Chinese history. Warlord Zhang Xueliang, together with Yang Hucheng, detained Chiang Kai-shek, demanding that he cease his anti-communist campaigns and instead unite with the CCP to resist Japanese aggression. Faced with this unexpected development, Chiang was forced to compromise, resulting in the formation of the Second United Front between the KMT and CCP. Though the alliance was fragile and short-lived, it represented a temporary reconciliation in the face of the greater threat posed by Japanese imperialism. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident and Full-Scale War with Japan In 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident ignited full-scale war between China and Japan, leading to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The KMT and CCP once again formed a fragile alliance under the United Front to confront the Japanese invasion. Although the two parties continued to harbor deep suspicions toward each other, their temporary collaboration contributed to China’s resistance efforts during the war. The Legacy of the Long March The Long March occupies a preeminent position in CCP history, symbolizing the spirit of "hardship and endurance" and "revolutionary conviction." Mao's leadership during the Long March was instrumental in consolidating his dominance within the party, and it became a foundational myth of the communist movement. However, the actual details of the march, including casualty numbers, remain subjects of debate among historians, with some questioning the extent of its glorification in subsequent CCP propaganda. Looking Ahead This historical period illuminates the complex dynamics between the KMT and CCP, their conflicts, and temporary collaborations, which ultimately shaped the fate of modern China. The long-standing struggle culminated in the CCP’s victory in 1949, but the legacy of this competition continues to profoundly influence China's political culture and social development. For those interested in delving deeper into this era, professional historical documentaries and academic research offer valuable resources to gain a more comprehensive understanding of these pivotal events.
Wow, this is incredible, unbiased history.
As a serious history channel, I think you should use the official "CPC" instead of the ideologically and prejudiced term "CCP".
its actually CPC (communist party of china) not CCP
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8:41, the man on the right is Zhu De, not Zhou Enlai.
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The private man has a moment, the public man has a thousand years. Look at the Mandela family, the Gandhi family, the top families of various countries, how much wealth they possess, but what about Mao? After he passed away, his family also basically returned to the ordinary, did not hold huge wealth, this is the public. People are not sages, who can't make mistakes, Mao is the kind of person with particularly high energy, when the policy is right, the country benefits, when the policy is wrong, the country suffers, please look at it rationally. In fact, the achievements made by Mao after 1949, it is very amazing, especially considering the embargo environment at that time, interested friends can search for themselves.
Awesome thanks 👍
Chairman Mao, the Red Sun of the East。
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In fact,Qing only ruled China for276 years(1644-1912)
I have been real quiet since this dropped --Sun Tzu (pls don't burn my Art of War great sir Mao, I will keep quiet, please)
Hey this was an excellent video.
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8:40 mistake, that's a picture of Zhu De at the right.
8:32 , error correction, Red Army Commander : Zhu De.
Wait, why Zhang Zuolin's picture is his son's picture
Link to above zero is broken Is there a way to get the music used in the video (great content, as always, by the way)?
Malaysia one of country never lost with komunis..proud to malaysia australia n british 🇲🇾🇲🇾😘😘😘👍👍
11:13 Hebei Province not Hubei. The moderator needs to pay closer attention to the script.
8:42,Zhe man is not ZHOU ENLAI，he is ZHU DE
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First 5 seconds of the video: "the Qing ruled for nearly 400 years." What? They ruled from 1644 (the fall of the Ming) until 1912. Calling that "nearly 300" would even be a stretch. How am I supposed to take something seriously when such a glaring inaccuracy occurs in the first few seconds of a nearly half hour runtime?
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