The Rise of Mao Zedong
b. The KMT (Kuomintang) - Nationalists, led by Sun Yat Sen and then Chiang Kai-Shek (pictured).

a. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) – Communists, led (eventually) by Mao Zedong.

Who was the Civil War between?

What were the main events?

1924-1927
1927-1937
1937-1946
1946-1949
1949
First United Front  KMT / CCP unite against the local Warlords and foreign influence in China.

First Civil War begins when the KMT, victorious over the warlords, turn against the CCP.

Second United Front – KMT / CCP unite against the Japanese
Second Civil War begins when the KMT, victorious over the Japanese, turn against the CCP.

CCP defeats the KMT. Proclamation of People's Republic of China.