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The '''Revolutionary Base Area''' (Chinese: 革命根据地, Romanized: ''gémìng gēnjùdì''), or simply '''base area''', is a local stronghold that the revolutionary force conducting the [[people's war]] should attempt to establish, starting from a remote area with mountainous or forested terrain in which its enemy is weak. | The '''Revolutionary Base Area''' (Chinese: 革命根据地, Romanized: ''gémìng gēnjùdì''), or simply '''base area''', is a local stronghold that the revolutionary force conducting the [[people's war]] should attempt to establish, starting from a remote area with mountainous or forested terrain in which its enemy is weak. | ||
The Revolutionary Base Area strategy was formulated by [[Mao Zedong]] as he thought that Guerrila Warfare would not last without a base area for dependable infrastructure.<ref>{{Citation|title=PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN GUERRILLA WAR AGAINST JAPAN|author=[[Mao Zedong]]|chapter=THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BASE AREAS|title-url= | The Revolutionary Base Area strategy was formulated by [[Mao Zedong]] as he thought that Guerrila Warfare would not last without a base area for dependable infrastructure.<ref>{{Citation|title=PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN GUERRILLA WAR AGAINST JAPAN|author=[[Mao Zedong]]|chapter=THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BASE AREAS|title-url=http://www.marx2mao.com/Mao/PSGW38.html#c6|quote=What, then, are these base areas? They are the strategic bases on which the guerrilla forces rely in performing their strategic tasks and achieving the object of preserving and expanding themselves and destroying and driving out the enemy. Without such strategic bases, there will be nothing to depend on in carrying out any of our strategic tasks or achieving the aim of the war. It is a characteristic of guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines that it is fought without a rear, for the guerrilla forces are severed from the country's general rear. But guerrilla warfare could not last long or grow without base areas. The base areas, indeed, are its rear.}}</ref> | ||
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The Revolutionary Base Area (Chinese: 革命根据地, Romanized: gémìng gēnjùdì), or simply base area, is a local stronghold that the revolutionary force conducting the people's war should attempt to establish, starting from a remote area with mountainous or forested terrain in which its enemy is weak.
The Revolutionary Base Area strategy was formulated by Mao Zedong as he thought that Guerrila Warfare would not last without a base area for dependable infrastructure.[1]
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- ↑ “What, then, are these base areas? They are the strategic bases on which the guerrilla forces rely in performing their strategic tasks and achieving the object of preserving and expanding themselves and destroying and driving out the enemy. Without such strategic bases, there will be nothing to depend on in carrying out any of our strategic tasks or achieving the aim of the war. It is a characteristic of guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines that it is fought without a rear, for the guerrilla forces are severed from the country's general rear. But guerrilla warfare could not last long or grow without base areas. The base areas, indeed, are its rear.”
Mao Zedong. PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN GUERRILLA WAR AGAINST JAPAN: 'THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BASE AREAS'.