Something about the concept of Mao suffering and being afraid brings me great joy, but probably unrealistic even with the Japanese invasion.
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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Mao actively avoided deploying his armies against the Japanese and allowed the Nationalists to soak up devastating losses of manpower and equipment (estimates of between 3-4 million dead and injured) and waited until the supposed United front collapsed before mobilising against the weakened chiang kai-shek once western support evaporated.
Honestly, hard to fault the strategic sense of that, especially given that Chiang Kai-Shek wasn't much more than a fascist himself ruining the dream of Sun Yat-sen
Strategically Mao was amazing.
As a human being Mao was living fucking compost.