I know there is a lot of information available on Wikipedia, and of course in the textbook I am using. But could someone state in a few simple points for me the causes? I can grasp the general situation of the time, but I just can't seem to be able to remember it in a few most important points...
I'll edit this post with the points:

Communists (CCP) vs Nationalists (GMD) The final years of the civil war: 1945-1949

Guomindang's common mistakes:

* Focussed too much on cities (why?)
* Scandals with transmissions of property
* Financial problems, food prices rised (reason?)
* Acts of revenge against communists
* Expanded too fast to Manchuria without strengthening their base in the rest of China
* Failed to cooperate effectively with the USA

In contradiction to the CCP's amazing feats during that period:

* They were able to work together with the Soviet Union's influence on facilities in Manchuria
* They strategically handled, conquering the hearts of the countryside's civilians, leading guerrillas to their hand, only then to focus on the surrounded cities
* They could test their way of governing already in large parts of Manchuria in 1947 (to do the same on whole China after that, just as the Manchus had done before the Qing Dynasty)


(this is what I have now, and it's pretty crappy... Can anyone else give me some simple points on some military insights I fail to note down in a few points? Or anything that you seem fit to add to / edit this list.)


Thanks!!

btw: does anyone know if there exists a history forum with nice people? I'd rather be linked up by you guys than randomly start searching on google and ending in crappy places. xP
Thanks!!!!!!

Does anyone know an example of corruption in the Guomindang during 1945 - 1949?

Thanks!

Mesqueeb Wrote:does anyone know if there exists a history forum with nice people?

http://www.allempires.com/forum/

Ask your questions about the 20th century events here:

http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=16

If you don't want to register, there is a sub-forum called "Questions & Answers" where even unregistered users can post:

http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=34

You can try this forum. I ran across it awhile back and remembered it when I saw this thread. I can't vouch for it's contents since I don't go here often, but at a glance it looks like a good site for Chinese history.

http://chinahistoryforum.com/

I took a Chinese history class way back in college and did a final presentation on the Chinese Civil War. I can't remember much of the details, although many of the things I do recall you mentioned. To generalize a bit, there are two big points: 1 is that everything that could go wrong, went wrong. I glanced at my old powerpoint presentation on the civil war and it seems China was rife with problems before and after WWII e.g. failed land reforms, corruption, student revolts against anything and everything, poor finances, etc. It created a very unstable situation and lots of unhappy people. This, combined with the amazingly incompetent and poor leadership of Chiang and the KMT made China a textbook example of a communist revolution and victory.

I have heard the nationalists would have won the war and altered the course of history (eliminating the Korean, Tibetan, Vietnamese wars...the dominoes are too numerous) if not for corruption at the top levels of military power. Those responsible for so much suffering over the last 50 years are long dead now. It almost makes one believe hell is a justified destination for some.

Upon his death, those who initiated the prayer dedication in 1976 for Mao Tse-tung's positive rebirth within the Tibetan government in exile possess a power of forgiveness I can not imagine.