October 1933 - 5th Encirclement Campaign, 1 million troops
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Dates
16 October 1934 - 80k soldiers and 20k CCP staff headed off on the Long March - Weighed down, 30k covered on average
November 1934 - Xiang River - Only 30k survived the journey - Mao voices drew concern, heavy baggage discarded, march headed to Guizhou instead of Hunan
15-17 Jan 1935 - Zunyi Conference - Established Mao's authrotiry over the 28 Bolsheviks - Zhou Enlai "Had been right all the time" - Mao promoted to Pulitburo Standing Commitee
25 Feb 1935 - First victory at the Battle of Loushan Pass
29 May 1935 - First front Army in Luding Bridge - Defende by provincial warlod troops - CCP accounts "22 heroes crossed the bridge while being shot at... enemy set fire to the bridge"
August 1935 - Entered the High Grasslands
19 October 1935 - Reached a small Communists base led by Gao Gang in Northern Xhaanxi
22 October 1935 - Long March ended
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Primary Quotes
"The equivalent of two marathons.." Ed Jocelyn
"Disease of the soul." - Jiang Jieshi (CCP), and the Japanese is the "disease of the skin."
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Negative Quotes
"One of the biggest myths of the twentieth century." - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
"A true story exploited for propaganda purposes.' - Ed Joceyln
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Positive Quotes
"for Mao was the prophet who had led the survivors through the wilderness." - Maurice Meisner
"Mao engaged in a dazzling, pyrotechnical display of mobile warfare." - Phillip Short
"e of Mao to the leadership of the party, a decisive break with Soviet control, and the gradual marginalization of the party's Soviet-oriented leaders. " - Elliot Liu
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Stats
- eleven provinces, crossed 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges. - only 7-8k