Communists vs Koumintang

Years 1930 1935 Battle deaths 500,000 During the Agrarian Revolution, Communist Party activists retreated underground or to the countryside where they fomented a military revolt (Nanchang Uprising on August 1, 1927), combined the force with remnants of peasant rebels, and established control over several areas in southern China. Attempts by the Nationalist armies to suppress the rebellion were unsuccessful but extremely damaging to the Communist forces.A Communist leader addressing Long March survivors.After Chiang Kai shek had foiled the coup to oust him launched by Feng Y