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When Chiang Kai-Shek and the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan in 1949 what were his and other Kuomintang leader's expectations of the retreat? Did they really expect to return to the mainland shortly, or did they know that the war was lost?

by /u/Redsoxjake14 in /r/AskHistorians

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