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China in Revolution, 1911–1949
Every chapter, map and battle — indexed
China in Revolution, 1911–1949 is an interactive situation map: 12 guided chapters, 18 dated map states, and 47 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the card catalog — every piece of the atlas as a readable, linkable page.
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THE CHAPTERS
The Fall of the Qing
CHAPTER 1 · 1911
Yuan Shikai’s Republic
CHAPTER 2 · 1915
Warlords and May Fourth
CHAPTER 3 · 1924
The United Front Marches North
CHAPTER 4 · 1926
The Purge and the Nanjing Decade
CHAPTER 5 · 1929
The Soviet Republic and the Encirclements
CHAPTER 6 · 1934
The Long March
CHAPTER 7 · 1935
The Japanese War Begins
CHAPTER 8 · 1938
Stalemate — Two Chinas at War
CHAPTER 9 · 1944
The Failed Peace and Manchuria
CHAPTER 10 · 1946
The Three Campaigns
CHAPTER 11 · 1948
The People’s Republic
CHAPTER 12 · 1949
THE MAP, YEAR BY YEAR
BATTLES, EVENTS & SITES OF MEMORY
● A party of thirteen● August Storm● Beiping surrenders✕ Guangchang✕ Hengyang✕ Huaihai● Huanggutun✕ Jinzhou✕ Luding Bridge✕ Marco Polo Bridge● May Fourth● Mongolia leaves◆ Nanjing✕ Shanghai, 1937✕ Shanhaiguan✕ Siping✕ Taierzhuang● The Burma Road✕ The Central Plains War◆ The Changsha fire● The Chinese Soviet Republic● The Chungking talks● The Grasslands◆ The Henan famine● The International Settlement◆ The May 30th shootings● The Mukden Incident✕ The Nanchang rising● The National Protection War● The People’s Republic◆ The Shanghai purge● The Wuchang rising✕ The Xiang River● The Xi’an Incident✕ The Yangtze crossing◆ The Yellow River flood● The Zunyi conference◆ The bombing of Chungking● The republic offshore◆ The siege of Changchun● Tibet expels the garrison✕ Tingsi Bridge● Tsingtao taken● Whampoa● Xibaipo● Yan’an falls● Yuan Shikai’s republic
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