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Nationalists
led by
Sun Yat-sen
then
Chiang Kai-shek
leaders of China after the fall of the Qing dynasty
Chiang Kai-shek started the
New Life Movement
in 1934 to get rid of Communism
Chiang Kai-shek also led the
Shanghai Massacre
to get rid of the Communists in Shanghai
fled to Taiwan when the Communists took over
Sun Yat-sen and his wife.
Nationalists in Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan after fleeing from China.
General Douglas MacArthur and Chiang Kai-shek.
Nationalist soldiers shooting.
Nationalist soldiers joined together.
Corpses from the Shanghai Massacre.
Victims being killed during the Shanghai Massacre.
A baby left in the ruins of the Shanghai Massacre.
Nationalist soldiers waiting to leave Nanking.
Many corpses left after the Shanghai Massacre.
Nationalists fleeing from Nanking.
Communists
led by
Mao Zedong
and other Communist leaders
unity of China's Communist forces
participated in the Long March across China and a small fraction survived
eventually defeated the Nationalists, forming the
People's Republic of China
established
communes
in the mid-1900's for Great Leap Forward Program
Little Red Book
supported during Cultural Revolution
Young Mao Zedong and another Communist leader.
Mao Zedong giving a speech to the Communists.
Cultural Revolution started by Mao Zedong.
Communist troops in Nanking after the Nationalists fled.
Communist soldiers marching.
Mao Zedong in front of all of his Communist followers.
Poster supporting Mao Zedong and Communism.
Mao Zedong and other Communist leaders.
Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.
Poster of Mao Zedong and support of Communism.
Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek with other leaders.