March of a million troops
Walk through CPC's history • 2m 9s
In the spring of 1949, during peace talks with the CPC, the KMT deployed a heavy battalion of troops along the Yangtze River to prevent the People's Liberation Army from crossing the river.
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The Happy Canal in Yan’an
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The hard time
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