At the end of 1939, Zhao Tong, an anti-Japanese guerrilla commander appointed by the National Government, was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army while leading his force north, and the unit was wiped out.
In 1938, Dimitrov, General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, met with Wang Jiaxiang and Ren Bishi, stating that Mao Zedong should be supported as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. After returning to China the same year, Wang Jiaxiang relayed this message around the time of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee.
In 1938, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Qin Bangli was ordered to relocate to Hong Kong to open a small business called Lianhe Hang. On the surface, it traded in local specialties, but in reality, it was used to manage anti-Japanese donations, procure medical supplies and equipment, and maintain the intelligence channels of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong.
When Stalin compiled the textbook Materialist Dialectics, he deleted the dialectical principle of "negation of the negation," and Mao Zedong subsequently followed this treatment when compiling the definitive version.
In 1937, the distinguished Soviet Red Army Marshal Tukhachevsky was accused of colluding with Nazi Germany to overthrow Stalin and was executed, becoming a classic historical event of Stalin using charges of treason to purge prestigious generals.
Han Xiu said her grandfather died in 1937, and that Mei Lanfang, out of their old friendship and his help during the War of Resistance, still treated her grandmother well after 1949.
In the winter of 1936 and the spring of 1937, Mao Zedong concentrated on studying the Soviet philosophy textbook A Course in Dialectics, edited by Shirokov and Eisenberg.
In June 1935 the Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army joined forces at Maogong, the Lianghekou Conference set the strategy of advancing northward, after which Zhang Guotao held his troops idle and eventually went south to establish a separate central committee.
The Philadelphia gunboat relic, built in 1776, had lain at the bottom of Lake Shangpulan since its sinking until it was discovered in 1935.
The Soviet Union specifically published a Russian-language collection of Mao Zedong’s works and wrote a short biography for him, showing that he was under special protection and political packaging by Stalin.
In Ruijin, Jiangxi, Deng Xiaoping was labeled a Maoist for supporting Mao Zedong's line, subjected to struggle sessions and removed from his post. His wife, Jin Weiying, not only denounced him but also remarried Li Weihan, who had denounced him.
In 1931, Chen Yun instructed Qin Bangli (younger brother of Bo Gu) to open a business in Shanghai, using two gold bars to conduct trade, manage money for the CCP, and open up underground communication lines.
The CCP launched the Fujian Incident in the Jiangxi Soviet Area, using the excuse of the "AB Tuan" to brutally purge the Jiangxi local faction and the 20th Red Army, resulting in the execution of two to three thousand people.
The Soviet Union, through multi-channel and large-scale financial transfusions, supported the CCP in maintaining its military and political machinery when it was being encircled and suppressed by the Kuomintang.
The Jules Rimet World Cup trophy was awarded between 1930 and 1970.