The Korean War by Indy Neidell

9. The Grim Fate of the Chinese Army

Millions of Chinese served in the Korean War, but until very recently the People's Liberation Army was by no means the only army in China. A lot has changed in this country in a very short time, with tens of millions of deaths in World War Two, and a brutal civil war that has raged both before and afterwards. How did the PLA become what it is today, and what became of Mao Zedong's old adversaries?