The retreat of all the Red Armies was not complete until October 22, 1935, when the three forces linked up in Shaanxi. In a broader view, the Long March included two other forces retreating under pressure from the Kuomintang: the Second Red Army and the Fourth Red Army. In this sense, the Long March lasted from October 16, 1934, to October 19, 1935.
The Long March most commonly refers to the transfer of the main group of the First (or Central) Red Army, which included the leaders of the CCP, from Yudu in the province of Jiangxi to Yan'an in Shaanxi.
( October 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlthough the literal translation of the Chinese Cháng Zhēng is "Long March", official publications of the People's Republic of China refer to it as "The Long March of the Red Army" (simplified Chinese: 红军长征 traditional Chinese: 紅軍長征 pinyin: Hóngjūn Chángzhēng). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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There was not just one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south escaped to the north and west. Long Expedition) was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army 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. The Long March ( Chinese: 长征 pinyin: Chángzhēng, lit.