The Long March '34
After Chiang- Kai Shek rid his political party of all communists, Mao runs away to the North of China, this was called the Long March
- The Red Army traveled 9,000 km across much of China
- 3/4ths of his army was lost
- Eventually Mao and his army settle in the North where they form the Yenan Soviet
- the CCP began to gain power during the invasion of Manchuria