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Who led the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War?
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Chinese Civil War
Nationalist Army soldiers preparing to defend Shanghai from Communist forces, c. 1949.
During the Chinese Civil War (1945–1949), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was led by Mao Zedong.1
Mao had achieved de facto leadership of the party during the Long March at the Zunyi Conference in January 1935 and attained formal supremacy as chairman of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat in March 1943. Other prominent leaders who supported him during this period included Zhou Enlai and Zhu De.234