The Chinese Communist Revolution V. The 2nd Sino-Japanese War & Rectification (1937-45)

How did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) take over China? In this video (Part 5 of 6), we go over the Party's actions during the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, focusing particularly on its expansion strategy of the '3 Magic Weapons', as well as Mao Zedong's attempts to exert greater organizational control through the Rectification Movement.

All interpretations and errors are my own.

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Script + Graphics: Microsoft Office 2013

Script Editor: QuillBot, Grok

Audio: ShureMV7, Audacity, WavePad

Video Processing: VideoPad

Thumbnail: Adobe Photoshop, MS Paint, Powerpoint

Wikipedia (basic facts + dates)

Baidu (basic facts + dates)

Maps:

Google Maps

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(1938-47 Yellow River Flooding)

(North Shaanxi base)

(CHI in 1938)

(CHI in 1939)

(CHI in 1941)

(CHI in 1944)

(CHI after WWII)

(100 Rgts Offensive)

(Operation Ichi-Go)

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