The Research Of The "Three Supports And Two Mlilitaries" During The "Cultural Revolution"

The "Three Supports and Two Mlilitaries" was referred to as a task that the People's liberation Army carried out in the Cultural Revolution, which the task has five elements:Support to the broad masses of the Left; Support to agriculture; Support to industry; Give military training to students; Exercise military control of certain units and departments, and it was a sign for the People's liberation Army official involved in the "Cultural Revolution". In about 5 years times from March 1967 to August 1972, the People's liberation Army has sent 2.8 million people to carry out this task, has a very large range, large scale, a very long time and a large number of people, which were unprecedented in the history of the People's liberation Army. The "Three Supports and Two Mlilitaries" to be implemented, the purpose of the practical needs was for the stable situation, the guarantee country and the social normal order. This also guaranteed the "Cultural Revolution" to continued. Meanwhile, the People's liberation Army has a fine tradition: "Fight team, Work team, Production team", this is the historical factors that The People's Liberation Army could carry out the task of the "Three Supports and Two Militaries". The "Three Supports and Two Militaries" made great contributions in maintaining social stability during the "Cultural Revolution", however, the army was deeply into the political whirlpool, which seriously damaged the army's own ideology, style, discipline of the construction and development. Summary the historic experience of the "Three supports and two militarys", We must be objective and have a correct understanding about the different functions of the People's liberation Army in different historical periods. Meanwhile, we should pay attention to the work of the the construction of military and civilian in new times.