Event · Twentieth century · China
Long March
1934–1935
The retreat of the Chinese Communist armies from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, October 1934 to October 1935, after encirclement by Nationalist forces.
Facts
- Dates
- October 1934 to October 1935
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Long March
- Route
- From the Jiangxi soviet to Shaanxi. About 6,000 miles is the common account. The distance is a traditional figure, not a surveyed total printed here as exact.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Long March
- Mao's position
- Mao's authority inside the party rose during the march and was consolidated at the Zunyi Conference, January 1935.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mao Zedong
The record
In October 1934 the communist forces broke out of the Jiangxi soviet under Nationalist encirclement. The march ended in Shaanxi in October 1935. The commonly repeated distance is about 6,000 miles.
Mao's position in the party leadership was secured at the Zunyi Conference in January 1935, during the march, not before it. The civil war did not end with the march. It paused for the war against Japan and resumed in 1945.
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