Positive Impacts on the Guomindang

Despite the negative impacts looming over the GMD, there were also positive impacts of the Sino-Japanese war. One of the benefits being the initial support that the GMD received in the face of the Japanese. Whilst this nationalism led to the Japanese feeling furthermore threatened by China, it was initially a positive thing for the GMD. Then, there was also the fact that the Sino-Japanese war resurfaced the USSR’s involvement in their affairs. Stalin supplied the Chinese with many different weapons, including 82 T-Tanks, 2,118 vehicles and 1,140 artillery guns. This was a positive benefit for the GMD, as it helped to bring some sort of security for their party and their rule. There also lies the most fundamental fact that even after the war, Chiang Kai-Shek was still elected twice as the president of China until 1949. There is also the fact that despite events such as the Nanjing massacre of 1937, that the Chinese were still able to defeat the Japanese in 1945. Whilst this can be attributed to Japan’s own defeat in WW2, this success under GMD rule still initially paints them in a positive light with support, despite their reactionary steps during the war itself. This can particularly be seen from the fact that Chiang remained an elected leader until 1949. So therefore, it could be argued that in the grand scheme of things, within the concept of popularity, the GMD found more benefit than negatives