KMT as 'far-right political party' puts an unsavory shine on the CPC, there's a KMT in the People's Congress lol. Chiang Kai-Shek had an iron fist on the right-nationalist KMT but afaik the CPC still eulogizes KMT figures, especially Sun Yat Sen. not so simple as the interwar germans having a training-armament programme with the nationalists... which the soviets had too

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 11 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

It makes sense they support the parts of the KMT who fought in WW2 against Japan, considering the amount of fighting that was done. AFAIK Mao focused on getting his forces into a position where they could wage guerilla warfare and let the KMT do most of the heavy lifting. This way, he could let rightwing infighting run its course while getting communist troops experience so they could be ready to fight whichever side came out on top.

[–] baaaaaaaaaaah@hexbear.net 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The KMT did most of the heavy lifting because they governed almost the entire country while the CPC controlled a single, very poor province.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The CPC also had a lot of cells all over Manchuria that were just waiting for the perfect moment to strike, sometimes seizing military bases with weapons as simple as spears.

[–] baaaaaaaaaaah@hexbear.net 2 points 35 minutes ago

For sure, they were very active during the war, both covertly as you say, and more directly through the 8th Route Army.

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