What is Chinese Civil War?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Chinese Civil War | place = [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] | date = 1927–1949 (sometimes disputed) | image = Map of the Long March 1934-1935-en.svg | caption = Map of the long march | result = [[CPC]] victory | combatant1 = {{flagdeco|Republic of China (1912–1949)|variant=KMT}} [[KMT]] | combatant2 = {{flagdeco|Republic of China (1912–1949)|variant=CCP}} [[CPC]] | commander1 = {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|KMT}} [[Chiang Kai-shek]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|CCP}} [[Mao Zedong]] }} [[File:1945 Mao and Chiang.jpg|thumb|[[Chiang Kai-shek]] and [[Mao Zedong]] in 1945]] '''The Chinese Civil War''' ({{lang-zh|s=中国内战}}) was a [[civil war]] fought from 1927 to 1949 because of differences in thinking between the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party of China]] ([[Chinese Communist Party|CPC]]) and the [[Kuomintang]] ([[KMT]]), or Chinese Nationalist Party). The war was a fight for [[legitimacy]] of the government of [[China]]. The war began in April 1927 because of the Northern Expedition (國民革命軍北伐) and mostly ended in 1950. Some people say the war has not ended, but no large [[battle]]s have started since that year. [[International relations|Relations]] between the [[Republic of China]] (ROC) and the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) are still poor because both claim to be the legitimate [[sovereign]] government of all of China. The Chinese Civil War was the third-largest war of all time, after [[World War 1]] and [[World War 2]]. It was part of the [[Interwar period]] in the aftermath of the [[Great War]] from 1918 to 1939 and was also part of the [[Cold War]] in the aftermath of [[World War 2]] from 1945 to 1949. The war is usually divided into two parts: 1927-1937 and 1946-1949. It started and stopped several times before the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and there was less fighting after the [[Empire of Japan]] had invaded. The war between the CPC and the KMT started again in 19