Shanghai massacre of 1927

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The Shanghai massacre of 1927 was a violent purge in which Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist forces brutally suppressed and killed thousands of Communists and labor activists in Shanghai, decisively rupturing the First United Front and escalating the Chinese Civil War.

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First United Front dissolvedBy Shanghai massacre of 1927
Chinese Civil War (early phase) hasCause Shanghai massacre of 1927
Chinese Civil War (early phase) hasKeyEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
Northern Expedition significantEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
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