The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Long March">Long March</a>, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Liberation Army">armed forces</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> a year prior, ends.