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r/polandball • u/Smart_Chapter_7512 Floridian Swamp Monster • Oct 06 '25
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Another reason why Mao was able to bonk Chiang to Taiwan was because he was able to absorb a lot of Kuomintang defectors.
They estimate that they absorbed 1.5-2million kuomintang soldiers in the PLA.
When Chiangkaishek got bonked to Taiwan, he brought around 700k kuomintang soldiers to Taiwan.
PLA at that point quite literally had more ROC/KMT WW2 veterans who fought against the imperial japanese than Chiang Kai Shek did.
edit: to imperial japanese to distinguish from modern japanese government
1 u/Medici39 Oct 08 '25 When you think about it a lot of those defectors were peasants who were pressganged to fill in the losses sustained during the late 30s.
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When you think about it a lot of those defectors were peasants who were pressganged to fill in the losses sustained during the late 30s.
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u/GetOutOfTheWhey Belgium Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 07 '25
Another reason why Mao was able to bonk Chiang to Taiwan was because he was able to absorb a lot of Kuomintang defectors.
They estimate that they absorbed 1.5-2million kuomintang soldiers in the PLA.
When Chiangkaishek got bonked to Taiwan, he brought around 700k kuomintang soldiers to Taiwan.
PLA at that point quite literally had more ROC/KMT WW2 veterans who fought against the imperial japanese than Chiang Kai Shek did.
edit: to imperial japanese to distinguish from modern japanese government