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The Long March was a 6,000 mile retreat of the Chinese [[Communist]] Army back to northwest [[China]]. Following soon after the rout of the Communist Party in 1927-1928, this completed the destruction of the Communists as a viable political or military force. They never recovered from this defeat.
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The Long March was a 6,000 mile retreat of the Chinese [[Communist]] Army back to northwest to Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union after the rout in 1933-1934.  The Long March travelled through Shanxi and Suiyuan where no Japanese troops were deployed. Along the way the the Army of the CCP claimed to be fighting the Japanese.  A year later, when the CCP finally arrived at Shanbei (northern Shaanxi province), the main force of the Central Red Army had decreased from 80,000 to 6,000 people.
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==Further reading==
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*[http://en.epochtimes.com/news/4-12-13/24830.html ''On the Beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party''], The Epoch Times, Dec 13, 2004.
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