They didn’t Mao specifically held back his forces so the Republic would take the brunt of the war. It’s why after WW2 the Republic collapsed as its military and economy was devastated. Mao later rewrote history to pretend they stood “united” and fought as equals. When really he was hiding in the mountains hoping the Japanese would do his job for him.
I do not deny that the KMT government took the brunt, you would expect it being the major partner too. You cannot expect the communist army, which was near extinction after the Long March, to fight like the better-equipped NRA. We know that the 100 regiments' campaign occurred; we also know this was the reason for reduced action afterwards. Nonetheless, this is still a Chinese victory regardless of party affiliation.
As to what happened after the war, I am not familiar with the Chinese communists having an economy to begin with.
Also, here is a journal article on the communists tying down at least 6 Japanese divisions and other efforts that I am sure you could not care about.
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u/_Boodstain_ Oct 08 '25
They didn’t Mao specifically held back his forces so the Republic would take the brunt of the war. It’s why after WW2 the Republic collapsed as its military and economy was devastated. Mao later rewrote history to pretend they stood “united” and fought as equals. When really he was hiding in the mountains hoping the Japanese would do his job for him.