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1. Chinese Civil War

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   Interruption: The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
   The full-scale Japanese invasion of China in 1937 forced a reluctant Second United Front between the KMT and the CCP. While technically allied against the external aggressor, both sides used the war as an opportunity to maneuver against each other. The KMT bore the brunt of conventional combat against the Imperial Japanese Army, expending the majority of its foreign-supplied weaponry and manpower. Conversely, the CCP utilized the fluid situation in the occupied countryside to expand its political and mi…