- In 1934 Chiang Kai-Sheik's army surrounded the communist troops in the Jiang xi Providence
- The PLA began a 6,000 mile march to retreat to a base in north west china.
- They march on foot through Marsh, mountains, and desert.
- They start the march with 90 thousand men but only 9 thousand survive to tell the tale.
- Many froze, and starved to death.