Timeline for What is the longest retreat?
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| Sep 17, 2016 at 7:09 | vote | accept | congusbongus | ||
| Sep 16, 2016 at 20:04 | history | edited | Astor Florida | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 16, 2016 at 19:44 | comment | added | Astor Florida | Almo, Do you think the GMD was kind to those CCP soldiers who surrendered? In general, there is a lot more to this gigantic popular revolution than Mao and Chiang. These soldiers, on both sides, fought, died, and retreated for reasons much larger than their leaders. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 15:00 | comment | added | Almo | Check "MAO: The Untold Story" for some of the motivations behind that march. I haven't read it recently enough to state what it said here, but it was definitely not for the good of his troops or China; it helped solidify his own power. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 13:10 | comment | added | Doctor Zhivago | The other one I was thinking of was the German retreat from Egypt during World War 2. That was probably 1800 miles or so. | |
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| Sep 16, 2016 at 5:46 | history | answered | Astor Florida | CC BY-SA 3.0 |