Tons of examples in the Chinese Civil War. The Red Army lost the Encirclement Campaigns against Chiang, and the CPC almost faced total annihilation abandoning the Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet.
Mao’s own rise in the CPC was due to the military failures of the 28 Bolsheviks - previously he was sidelined. He replaced Bo Gu and Otto Braun at the Zunyi conference, after which they began the Long March.
Tons of examples in the Chinese Civil War. The Red Army lost the Encirclement Campaigns against Chiang, and the CPC almost faced total annihilation abandoning the Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet.
Mao’s own rise in the CPC was due to the military failures of the 28 Bolsheviks - previously he was sidelined. He replaced Bo Gu and Otto Braun at the Zunyi conference, after which they began the Long March.