Chinese Communist Party forces

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Chinese Communist Party forces were the military units loyal to the Chinese Communist Party that fought against Japanese invasion and occupation in China during the late 1930s and early 1940s.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing of a political party
military forces
activeInPeriod early 1940s
late 1930s
alliedWith National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front)
commandStructure under leadership of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
component Eighth Route Army
New Fourth Army
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War
country China
engagedIn anti-Japanese base area construction
political mobilization of rural population
foughtIn Anhui
Hebei
Jiangsu
North China Plain
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region
Shandong
historicalEra World War II in Asia
ideology Chinese Marxism
communism
language Chinese
loyalTo Chinese Communist Party
notableLeader Lin Biao
Liu Bocheng
Mao Zedong
Peng Dehuai
Zhu De
objective expand Communist influence in occupied and contested areas
resist Japanese aggression
operatedIn Central China
North China
opposedTo Imperial Japanese Army
partOf Chinese Communist movement
Second United Front
predecessor Chinese Red Army
primaryOpponent Japanese Kwantung Army
role guerrilla warfare against Japanese occupation forces
resistance against Japanese invasion of China
status defunct
successor People's Liberation Army
transformedInto People's Liberation Army after 1945–1949 Chinese Civil War
usedTactic ambushes of Japanese and collaborationist forces
establishment of rural base areas behind enemy lines
sabotage of Japanese supply lines
usedWarfareType guerrilla warfare
mobile warfare

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Guomin Gemingjun
Japanese occupation of China ("Chinese Communist forces")
Japanese occupation of Manchuria ("Chinese volunteer forces")
opponent
Mao Zedong ("People’s Liberation Army")
On Protracted War ("Chinese Communist Party military strategy")
influenced
Imperial Japanese Army ("Chinese Communist forces")
Japanese occupation of North China ("Chinese Communist forces")
opposedBy
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
belligerent
Chinese Communist Party forces ("Eighth Route Army")
component
National Revolutionary Army ("Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army")
foughtAgainst
New Fourth Army ("Chinese Communist forces")
partOf
Chinese Communist Party forces ("Chinese Red Army")
predecessor

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