Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included
A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs.
B) peasant enthusiasm to communist promises to give land to the peasants.
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies.
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard.
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II.

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Peasant enthusiasm for communist promises to give land to the peasants weakened Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War. The Nationalist government failed to provide land reforms to the peasants, whereas the communists promised to distribute land among the peasants. This promise attracted many peasants to the communist cause and weakened Chiang's support base.

Factors Weakening Chiang Kai-Shek During the Civil War Included