Comment Re:Yes but how does this mechaincally work (Score 0) 295
Chiang was just a power hungry dictator, not much different than Mao. Mao and other CCP members were also members of the KMT. Chiang like most KMT members, were trained by the Russians. Chiang only fought the Japanese because Chang Hsueh-liang and a few other generals kidnapped him to force him to fight the Japanese. Chiang didn't give a damn about the people, he just wanted to consolidate his power by killing Mao. The second front against the Japanese was a joke and the KMT killed a lot of Chinese people while trying to slow down the Japanese, just check out the 1938 yellow river flood. The KMT were corrupt and used terror to rule. They continued to do that in Taiwan with 40 years of martial law and political killings. The only reason the KMT survived is with the support of other nations.