New Fourth Army
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The New Fourth Army was a major Chinese Communist guerrilla force that fought against Japanese occupation and Nationalist rivals during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Communist military formation
ⓘ
guerrilla force ⓘ military unit ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1937–1947 ⓘ |
| allegiance | Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Xin Si Jun ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under Central Military Commission of the CCP ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | memorials in China ⓘ |
| conflict |
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Civil War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
War of Resistance Against Japan
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Second United Front ⓘ |
| foundingCommander | Ye Ting ⓘ |
| ideology | Chinese communism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| laterCommander |
Chen Yi
ⓘ
Liu Shaoqi ⓘ |
| laterPoliticalCommissar | Liu Shaoqi ⓘ |
| legacy | predecessor of the People’s Liberation Army units in East China ⓘ |
| notableEvent | New Fourth Army Incident ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | January 1941 ⓘ |
| notableEventLocation | southern Anhui ⓘ |
| objective |
expand Communist influence in central and eastern China
ⓘ
resist Japanese occupation ⓘ |
| opponent |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese Communist Party forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Communist forces
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army system
|
| politicalCommissar | Xiang Ying ⓘ |
| reorganizedAs | East China Field Army ⓘ |
| resultOfNotableEvent |
deterioration of CCP–KMT relations
ⓘ
severe losses inflicted by Nationalist forces ⓘ |
| role |
anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare
ⓘ
political mobilization in rural areas ⓘ |
| size | hundreds of thousands of troops at peak strength ⓘ |
| tactics |
establishment of base areas behind enemy lines
ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ mobile warfare ⓘ |
| theater |
Anhui
ⓘ
surface form:
Anhui Province
Central China ⓘ Jiangsu ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangsu Province
Jiangxi Province ⓘ Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Yangtze region
Zhejiang Province ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Revolutionary Army