{"id":94698,"date":"2025-08-05T02:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=94698"},"modified":"2025-03-16T22:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T02:42:05","slug":"origin-of-the-china-taiwan-conflict-chinese-civil-war-1945-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/05\/origin-of-the-china-taiwan-conflict-chinese-civil-war-1945-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the China-Taiwan Conflict: Chinese Civil War 1945-1949"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7slhD9PmxII?si=msh-rtAzsSvCmvnz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Feb 2025<\/p>\n<p>With the Japanese surrender in September 1945, the Second World War comes to an end. But for China there won&#8217;t be peace right away because the nationalists under Chiang Kai-Shek and the communists under Mao Zedong still haven&#8217;t resolved their struggle and so the Chinese Civil War will flare up once again. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Japanese Surrender<br \/>\n03:44 Opposing Forces<br \/>\n07:33 KMT Offensives<br \/>\n12:18 CCP vs KMT Strategy<br \/>\n14.45 CCP Counterattack<br \/>\n19:19 Civilian Experience<br \/>\n23:23 CCP Huaihai Campaign<br \/>\n26:30 Final CCP Offensives<br \/>\n29:31 KMT Escape to Taiwan<br \/>\n31:59 Why did the Communists Win?<br \/>\n36:07 The United States and Taiwan<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory <\/p>\n<p>Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a><br \/>\nWatch Red Atoms on Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/redatoms\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/redatoms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nRose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBoorman, Howard L. &#038;  Scott A. Boorman, &#8220;Chinese Communist Insurgent Warfare, 1935-49&#8221;, <em>Political Science Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 81, No. 2, (1966)<br \/>\nHs\u00fc, Immanuel C. Y., <em>The Rise of Modern China<\/em>, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)<br \/>\nHsuing, James C. &#038; Steven I. Levine, <em>China&#8217;s Bitter Victory: The War with Japan 1937-1945<\/em>, (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1992)<br \/>\nJowett, Philip, <em>Chinese Civil War Armies 1911-49<\/em>, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1997)<br \/>\nKania, Elsa B, &#038; Ian Burns McCaslin, <em>The PLA&#8217;s Evolving Outlook on Urban Warfare: Learning, Training, and Implications for Taiwan<\/em>, (Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of War, 2022)<br \/>\nLew, Christopher R., <em>The Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War, 1945-49: An analysis of Communist strategy and leadership<\/em>, (London: Routledge, 2009)<br \/>\nLi, Xiaobing, <em>A History of the Modern Chinese Army<\/em>, (Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007)<br \/>\nLynch, Michael, <em>The Chinese Civil War 1945-1949<\/em>, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2010)<br \/>\nMitter, Rana, <em>China&#8217;s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival<\/em>, (London: Allen Lane, 2013)<br \/>\nMoise, Edwin E., <em>Modern China: A History<\/em>, (Harlow: Longman Group Limited, 1986)<br \/>\nWestad, Odd Arne, <em>Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950<\/em>, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image.<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 21 Feb 2025 With the Japanese surrender in September 1945, the Second World War comes to an end. 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