Communist China - Roots Of Madness (R7 Segment)

R7:01:06:16;10 In the summer of 1948 Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) makes his master move. The Peasant Communist Army and guerrillas bands attack the Nationalist garrisons in Manchuria with captured tanks, artillery, and guns. The Nationalist garrisons are isolated by destroyed railways and hostile peasants. November 1948 Manchuria falls. Panic began by the cut-off Nationalist garrisons in North China surrendering by the thousands. Shows modern American equipment captured by the Communist. R7:01:06:54;19 Madam Chiang Kai-shek arrives in America in November 1948 to make a last appeal for help, but President Harry Truman has had enough and tell Madam Chiang American involvement must end. Shows President Truman and Madam Chiang Kai-shek in the oval office. R7:01:07:12;08 Shows the Nationalist pursued by the Communist retreating to Xuzhou last bastion guarding access to the Yangtze Valley. From November 6, 1948 to January 10, 1949 the Nationalist Army of Chiang Kai-shek fought the Communist Army of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). In January surrounded and cut-off they surrendered allowing the Communist Army to advance South. His spirit heavy burdened Chiang Kai-shek resigned his leadership. April 1, 1949 the Nationalist sent emissaries to Peking to plead with Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), but they have moved past the point of no return. The Mandate required all Nationalist to lay down arms in three weeks. R7:01:08:04;11 Shows the Communist Army crossing the Yangtze, first target Nanking, Capital of the Kuomintang of China or KMT. No Nationalist troops will stand and fight. The Nationalist troops leave Nanking to the Communist. No mainland refuge for Nationalist troops remain so the fleeing troops embark for the Island of Formosa. Scenes of Shanghai shows boarded-up buildings of foreign businesses and flee the city they have built. Shows a steamship sailing down the Yangtze River crowded with foreign business people and their families. R7: 01:09:25;17 May 27, 1949, the Communist Army of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) enter Shanghai and march thought the streets as silent crowds watch. In six more months the Communist controlled all of China.