Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.

Long March

1934–1936 Red Army retreat during the Chinese Civil War

The Long March was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang (KMT) forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and October 1935. About 100,000 troops retreated from the Jiangxi Soviet and other…