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Long March: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date October 15, 1934 - October 1935
Location China
Participants Chinese Communist Party

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Mao Zedong (center) leading the Chinese communists on the Long March with Zhou Enlai (left) and Zhu De (right), Jiangxi, China, 1935
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Mao Zedong smiling and waving with his right hand while standing outdoors in front of large lanterns and a crowd.
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, and other Chinese officials stand in uniform, holding up Little Red Books during a 1967 Red Guard rally in China.
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Chinese leader
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Zhu De
Chinese military leader
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Ye Jianying
Chinese politician
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Deng Yingchao
Chinese politician
Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai
Chinese military leader