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__- due to a shortage of computers in the library, Bianca and Dominique unfortunately had to share. work was all done collaboratively.__ The Long March was a tactic in the Red Army's attempt to break free of the blockhouse strategy of the GMD which had entrapped the Army. The military were hesitant in following Mao Zedong's plan of escape, and thus suspended him as a CCP political leader. In his place, a Russian named Otto Braun was employed into military control of the Red Army. This was unfavourabe to the Communists, because his tactics were predictable (their path followed a straight line which meant the GMD could easily track their movements) and therefore proved to be unsuccessful. Due to the high expectations of the Red Army's strength, Braun overestimated thei

As a result, Braun's credibility as a military leader was questioned, and during the Zunyi Conference, which attempted to work out better attack and defense tactics for the Red Army, and on January 9th 1935, Mao Zedong again overtook military leadership. Following Mao's reinstatement, relations were sought with Zhu De, and together they worked on new approaches for the Red Army

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