History of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Volume 2): The Campaigns of the Red Second Army

Author: Institute of Military History, Academy of Military Sciences
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the Long March of the Red Third Army, establishing the Qiandong Revolutionary Base Area; the breakout westward of the Red Sixth Army and its reunification with the Red Third Army; the creation of the Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian Base Area and its counter-campaign against encirclement; the decision of the Red Second and Sixth Corps to implement a strategic transfer; the beginning of the Long March by the Red Second and Sixth Corps, fighting across Xiang-Gui-Qian-Dian regions; crossing the Jinsha River to reunite with the Red Fourth Front Army in Ganzi; and their joint northward advance with the Red Fourth Front Army.