... of power after nearly two decades of chaos. However by looking closely at the social, political and economic effect of these events, it surprising to find that it is easy to argue that an invasion by a foreign power in 1937 was a more significant turning point in China's History. Politically, the Japanese invasion was a very significant turning point in Chinese history because it ended the rule of the Guomindang and introduced China to the possibility of firm communist rule. During the invasion the GMD's tactic was to avoid conflict that Chiang was aware would end in defeat. He felt that he should save his armies for defeating the communists and wait for the Japanese armies to be exhausted by their conflicts with other foreign powers. Whilst this was in some ways a good tactic, the fact that the CCP armies fought for China meant that it was a ...

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