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The Long March of 1934-Victory or defeat?

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Old is Gold. When people copy anything from history they may not understand the original context. The Long march was a march of defeat of the Chinese Communist party in 1935-1935.

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The Long March (traditional Chinese: ??; simplified Chinese: ??; pinyin: Chángzh?ng) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), the forerunner of the People’s Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang(KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army. There was not one Long March, but several, as various Communist armies in the south escaped to the north and west. The most well known is the march from Jiangxi province which began in October 1934. The First Front Army of the Chinese Soviet Republic, led by an inexperienced military commission, was on the brink of complete annihilation by Chiang Kai-shek‘s troops in their stronghold in Jiangxi province.

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The Communists, under the eventual command of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, escaped in a circling retreat to the west and north, which reportedly traversed some 12,500 kilometers (8,000 miles) over 370 days.[1] The route passed through some of the most difficult terrain of western China by traveling west, then north, to Shaanxi.

The Long March of was led by Mao Zedong, The bitter struggles of the Long March, which was completed by only one-tenth of the force that left Jiangxi, would come to represent a significant episode in the history of the Communist Party of China, and would seal the personal prestige of Mao and his supporters as the new leaders of the party in the following decades. Wikipedia

Ahtizaz Ahsan

The march of M.r Ahtizaz Ahsan is a foolhardy “charge of the light brigade”. It is Don Quixote chasing the windmills looking for The non-extant Turkish Army. It is a party in government protesting against itself. It is silly stupid and will achieve no purpose. It is an invitation seeking our chaos and violence. It is guerilla warfare asking for a martyr. Mr. Ahsan’a march is an attempt to divert the attention of the hungry masses away from the food shortages and the electrical grid.

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