Today Jenna and Duy did their presentations. This is Jenna’s presentation information:
Stalin wanted to cut off access to Berlin so he formed a blockade of roads and railroads in Berlin. The Blockade failed for the USSR turned the west into a great victory. The US saw a blockade as a test of commitment. This led to an airlift of Berlin. 1,534 tons of food was dropped into Berlin Daily to keep 2.5 Million people alive daily. If the USSR shot down any of our airplanes war would break out. The USSR saw that the blockade was not working lifted any restrictions for the blockade. Then Germany was split into two parts. West became Federal Republic and the East became Democratic Republic.
Here is Duy’s Information:
--- Warlord Era ---
1916 to 1926
Warlords fought battles believing they would become the ruler of China
Controlled large portions of Northern China
Nationalist Leader Sun Yat Sen died in 1925
Chaing Kai Shek became the leader
Shek wanted the country to be under control of the KMT
Shek started the Northern Expedition
Recruited warlords and armies
--- KMT and CCP ---
Communists were in the Kuomintang
Chaing hated what communism brought into China
Communists were pushed out by Chaing
Mao Zedong started his own forces and communist Society in China
April 12 1927 Chaing arrested and executed hundreds of communists
Mao formed an alliance with Zhu De and Lin Biao
The three people who formed the alliance started the Red Army
--- Chinese Civil War ---
the war began in April 1927
it was fought between the KMT and the CCP
Both sides fought to transform China
In 1934, Mao and the communist forces were surrounded and it resulted in the “Long March”
Many retreated to regroup and attack again
Mao regrouped in Jiangxi and marched north to reunite
1936 the Long March ended and they were known as the union of the three armies
Communist party fell from 300,000 to 40,000 people
The KMT was the Kuomintang and CCP was the Chinese Communist Party
--- Second-Sino Japanese War ---
Republic of China and the Empire of Japan fought this
Before 1937 they fought in “localized engagements”
Beginning of full-scale war after the invasion of Manchuria
Northeast Army of Zhang Zueling suffered major casualties
KMT was forced to side with the CCP by Zhang in desperation
Mao seized portions of land around China in 1940
Soviet Volunteers, Germany, and the US helped out China
Japanese surrendered in the mainland of China and Taiwan was reclaimed
This was the largest Asian war yet
--- Rise of Communism ---
Chaing tried to get rid of the CCP after the was with Japan
KMT had too many casualties to fight back against the CCP
CCP gained massive support from Soviet Russia
The CCP defeated Chaing
KMT government was forces to retreat to Taiwan
During the Civil War, Nationalists strength went way down
Communist forces increased form one million to four million.
---Chaing Kai Shek ---
Communist troops took Chengdu
May-ling evacuated Chaing and his son to Taiwan
Moved government to Taipei to Taiwan
March 1 of 1950 Chaing resumed power and duties as president
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