>>16191366The Japanese sealed the fate of the nationalists. The nationalists were too severely weakened by the end of the war.
They defended China, and lost the country for it.
The communist mostly stood on the sidelines, and gained strength.
>In the winter of 1945–46, Joseph Stalin commanded Marshal Rodion Malinovsky to give Mao Zedong most Imperial Japanese Army weapons that were captured.[46]The communists literally USED JAPANESE ARMS TO TAKE OVER CHINA.
>In March 1946, despite repeated requests from Chiang, the Soviet Red Army under the command of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky continued to delay pulling out of Manchuria, while Malinovsky secretly told the CCP forces to move in behind them, which led to full-scale war for the control of the Northeast. These favorable conditions also facilitated many changes inside the Communist leadership: the more radical hard-line faction who wanted a complete military take-over of China finally gained the upper hand and defeated the careful opportunists.[49] Prior to giving control to Communist leaders, on 27 March Soviet diplomats requested a joint venture of industrial development with the Nationalist Party in Manchuria.[50]The soviets then basicallly gifted manchuria to the communists.
No matter how much aid the US provided, it was a wrap.
