the stimson doctrine
- Henry Stimson reacted to Japanese actions in Manchuria
-Would not allow for territorial changes to China
-Comes under US sphere of influence
-A reason Japan walked out of the League of Nations
-Would not allow for territorial changes to China
-Comes under US sphere of influence
-A reason Japan walked out of the League of Nations
chinese civil war
- Mao and the CCP liberated much of northern China from the Japanese by 1945
-Chiang was supported by the U.S.
-The U.S. wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasant army - People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil War 1947-1949
-Chaing and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
-Becomes Nationalist China
-1 October 1949 Mao formed the People's Republic of China
-Chiang was supported by the U.S.
-The U.S. wanted to form a coalition between the two groups (George Marshall)
-Mao led a peasant army - People's Liberation Army (PLA)
-Civil War 1947-1949
-Chaing and the Nationalists lost and fled to the Island of Formosa (Taiwan)
-Becomes Nationalist China
-1 October 1949 Mao formed the People's Republic of China