Northern Expedition

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Chinese civil conflict military campaign

The Northern Expedition was a 1926–1928 military campaign led by Chiang Kai-shek to unify China under the Nationalist government by defeating regional warlords.

Aliases (1)

Northern Expedition (1926–1928) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese civil conflict → military campaign →
allies	Chinese Communist Party (early phase) → Soviet Union (advisory support) →
alsoKnownAs	Guomin geming jun beifa →
belligerent	Kuomintang → National Revolutionary Army → various regional warlords →
capitalOfLeadingSide	Guangzhou →
commanders	Chiang Kai-shek → Feng Yuxiang → Yan Xishan →
conflictType	civil war →
country	Republic of China →
endDate	1928 →
followedBy	Central Plains War → Chinese Civil War → Nanjing decade →
goal	defeat regional warlords → unify China under Nationalist government →
historicalPeriod	Interwar period →
ideologyOfLeadingSide	Chinese nationalism → anti-warlordism →
languageOfName	Chinese →
laterCapitalOfLeadingSide	Nanjing →
leader	Chiang Kai-shek →
location	China →
militaryForce	National Revolutionary Army →
opponent	Beiyang warlords → Fengtian clique → Sun Chuanfang → Wu Peifu → Zhang Zuolin → Zhili clique →
organizedBy	Kuomintang → National Revolutionary Army →
partOf	Chinese reunification wars →
precededBy	Warlord Era →
result	end of Beiyang Government → establishment of Nanjing as Nationalist capital → expansion of Kuomintang control over most of China → nominal unification of China under Kuomintang →
significantEvent	Shanghai Massacre of 1927 → break of First United Front →
startDate	1926 →
theater	Central China → Eastern China → Northern China →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beiyang Army factions → Central Army of the Kuomintang → Guomin Gemingjun → National Revolutionary Army → National Revolutionary Army → National Revolutionary Army → Peng Dehuai →	conflict
Bai Chongxi → Feng Yuxiang → Li Zongren → Yan Xishan → Ye Ting →	participatedIn
Chen Cheng → Chiang Kai-shek → Zhang Xueliang → Zhu De →	participantIn
First United Front ("Northern Expedition (1926–1928)") → Guomin Gemingjun → Kuomintang → National Revolutionary Army →	significantEvent
Central Plains War → Chinese Civil War (early phase) →	precededBy
Liu Bocheng →	battle
British concession in Hankow →	dissolvedBy
Chinese Revolution →	hasPart
Chiang Kai-shek →	notableWork
Whampoa Military Academy →	significantIn