Long March
October 16, 1934 – October 19, 1935 · Jiangxi to Yan'an
Result Communists evade Nationalist armies and allied warlords
Retreat of the Chinese Red Army from Nationalist encirclement in Jiangxi to Shaanxi, covering some 10,000 km. Few of those who set out survived, and the march made Mao Zedong the leader of the Communist Party.
Communists
Nationalists (Chinese Civil War)
Nationalists
Other
Mao Zedong
Rose to leadership at the Zunyi Conference
Zhou Enlai
Convened the Zunyi Conference
Peng Dehuai
General, Commander of the 3rd Army Group on the march
Zhu De
Lin Biao
General, Commander of the 1st Red Army Corps on the march
Liu Bocheng
General, Chief of staff of the Red Army on the march
He Long
belligerent leader
Xu Xiangqian
belligerent leader
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