Mao begins the Long March
October 1934
Under pressure from Chiang Kai-shek's encircling armies, some eighty-six thousand Chinese Communists abandoned their southern base and set off on a fighting retreat. A year and six thousand miles later, perhaps eight thousand stumbled into the caves of Yan'an. Mao had emerged as the party's undisputed leader on the road.
In context
Also in 1934 (4 other events on record)
- Night of the Long Knives · Europe · Politics
- First test flight of DC-3 · North America · Technology
- Stakhanov and Stalinist labor · Europe · Politics
- Bonnie and Clyde killed · North America · Politics
Before and after in East Asia
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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