Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War

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The Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War was the Kuomintang-led government and its armed forces that resisted Japan’s invasion of China from 1937 to 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent
military alliance
political–military coalition
airSupportFrom Flying Tigers
alliedWith Chinese Communist forces
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs Central Army of the Kuomintang
surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces

Republic of China Armed Forces
surface form: Kuomintang-led Chinese forces

Nationalist government forces
surface form: Nationalist Government forces
armedForcesBranch National Revolutionary Army
Republic of China Air Force
Republic of China Navy
basedOn Nationalist Government of China
surface form: Nationalist Government of the Republic of China
capital Nanjing
commander Bai Chongxi
Chen Cheng
Chiang Kai-shek
He Yingqin
Li Zongren
Xue Yue
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country Republic of China
endTime 1945
engagedIn Battle of Changsha
Battle of Nanjing
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
surface form: Battle of Shanghai

Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Wuhan
Burma campaign
surface form: Burma Campaign
followedBy Nationalist forces in the resumed Chinese Civil War
goal defense of Chinese territorial integrity
preservation of Nationalist Government rule
resistance to Japanese invasion of China
headOfState Chiang Kai-shek
ideology Chinese nationalism
Three Principles of the People
anti-imperialism
leader Chiang Kai-shek
opponent Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
Provisional Government of the Republic of China
surface form: Reorganized National Government of China

collaborationist Chinese forces
partOf Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied powers in World War II

Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
surface form: Chinese theater of World War II
politicalLeader Chiang Kai-shek
populationMobilized tens of millions of civilians
precededBy Chinese Civil War (early phase)
surface form: Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War (1927–1937 phase)
receivedMilitaryAidFrom Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
recognizedAs one of the Four Policemen of the Allies
signed Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
startTime 1937
suffered large-scale civilian losses
massive military casualties
usedConscription yes
wartimeCapital Chongqing

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Xue Yue associatedConflictSide Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Japanese occupation of Guangzhou opposedBy Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist underground