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After the Nationals lost the Chinese Civil War and retreated to Taiwan in 1949, did observers think they'd be able to hold off the Communists for 72 years? Why did it take mainland China so long to build the capacity to take the island?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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