If they Chinese Communists had somehow managed to achieve total victor and crush the KMT and the warlords before before 1937, is there anything they could have done to strengthen China so it could do better against Japan? Not necessarily defeat them, but at least lose less territory?
I highly doubt they could strengthen the economy much if at all, but how did the CCP's military leaders compare to the KMT's? Could they be more competent, or would it have not made any notable difference?
What about after Japan surrenders? How would the Cold War be affected with a Communist China from the start, rather than a few years in? Would China still get Taiwan after WW2, or would the US let Japan keep it?
I highly doubt they could strengthen the economy much if at all, but how did the CCP's military leaders compare to the KMT's? Could they be more competent, or would it have not made any notable difference?
What about after Japan surrenders? How would the Cold War be affected with a Communist China from the start, rather than a few years in? Would China still get Taiwan after WW2, or would the US let Japan keep it?