LYCOS RETRIEVER
Kuomintang
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It soon became obvious that the Kuomintang possessed not even the shadow of a social base for its rule in Manchuria. Chiang’s troops were bombarded with “Red” propaganda The Stalinist slogan of “ Land to the Peasants” had a strong appeal for soldiers who were ... peasants. They haled the Kuomintang regime. They hated their officers. In large numbers they went over to the other side, taking their American weapons with them. Chiang lost 300,000 of his Manchurian troops, three-fifths of the total.
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