2.2

• When was the 2nd United Front formed?

  December 1936
• What event marked the defeat of Japan in World War II?

  The dropping of 2 atomic bombs
• How did China's fortune change in 1941?

  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) won over peasants by treating them nicely and with respect
• What was the increase in CCP membership from 1931 to 1945?

  From 40,000 to 1.2 million
• What happened to the Japanese position in China after 1941?

  The Japanese strengthened their position in China
• When did Japan invade and take over Manchuria?

  In 1931
• What resources did the Allies supply to China after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

  Resources to help defeat Japan
• How many women and girls were raped during the 'Rape of Nanjing'?

  20,000
• How many Chinese people were killed during the 'Rape of Nanjing' in December 1937?

  Over 30,000
• Which major cities did the Japanese capture during their invasion?

  Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing
• Where was the GMD forced to flee during the Japanese invasion?

  To Chongqing
• What type of violence did the Chinese people suffer from the Japanese?

  Extreme violence
• How did the first four years of the war go for China?

  They went badly for China
• What did Chiang Kai-shek do in 1937 due to pressure from warlords?

  He established a second united front with the communists to fight against the Japanese
• Why did the warlords want Chiang to focus on the Japanese?

  They wanted him to remove the Japanese rather than fight the CCP
• What did the Japanese begin to do from 1937?

  They began to expand further into China
• Why did Chiang initially allow the Japanese to take land?

  He thought the communists were a bigger threat and that the Japanese would never occupy such a large area
• How did the Chinese people react to Chiang's decision to allow the Japanese to take land?

  They were furious with Chiang's decision
• What did Chiang order in 1936 against the CCP?

  Another extermination campaign
• Where was the CCP's new base located during Chiang's extermination campaign?

  At Yanan
• What was the response of GMD troops commanded by Zhang Zuolin towards the communists?

  They refused to fight the communists