By the End of World War II, Chiang Kai-Shek's Army

question 4

Multiple Choice

By the end of World War II, Chiang Kai-shek's army could best be described as

• A) poorly fed but in good spirits.
• B) much diminished in numbers and increasingly corrupt.
• C) respected and full of confidence that they would prevail.
• D) both demoralized and ill-equipped.
• E) anxious to finish off Mao and his forces before another winter passed.

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