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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Expedition canonical	65
Northern Expedition (1926–1928)	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese civil conflict ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
allies	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Party (early phase) Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Union (advisory support)
alsoKnownAs	Guomin Gemingjun ⓘ surface form: 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 (early phase) ⓘ surface form: 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 Army factions ⓘ surface form: Beiyang warlords Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ surface form: Fengtian clique Sun Chuanfang ⓘ Wu Peifu ⓘ Zhang Zuolin ⓘ Zhili clique ⓘ
organizedBy	Kuomintang ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Civil War (early phase) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Shanghai Massacre of 1927 break of First United Front ⓘ
startDate	1926 ⓘ
theater	Central China ⓘ eastern China ⓘ surface form: Eastern China North China ⓘ surface form: Northern China

Referenced by (67)

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Chiang Kai-shek → notableWork → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Chiang Kai-shek → participantIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

National Revolutionary Army → significantEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Chinese Revolution → hasPart → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Peng Dehuai → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Kuomintang → significantEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhu De → participantIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Liu Bocheng → battle → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Chinese Civil War (early phase) → precededBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Beiyang Army factions → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

NRA → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

Central Plains War → precededBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Whampoa Military Academy → significantIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Feng Yuxiang → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

First United Front → significantEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Expedition (1926–1928)

Chen Cheng → participantIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Yan Xishan → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Central Army of the Kuomintang → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Li Zongren → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Guomin Gemingjun → significantEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Guomin Gemingjun → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Ye Ting → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Bai Chongxi → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhang Xueliang → participantIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

British concession in Hankow → dissolvedBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Nanjing decade → follows → Northern Expedition ⓘ

“Confucius General” → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: Liu Bocheng

Shanghai massacre of 1927 → precededBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Yingqin → notableEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: He Yingqin

Tang Shengzhi → notableEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Tang Shengzhi → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhang Zuolin → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Warlord Era → hasPart → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Warlord Era → relatedTo → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Wu Peifu → opposed → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhili clique → endedBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Kuomintang officers → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Kuomintang officers → associatedWithEvent → Northern Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Expedition (1926–1928)

Sun Chuanfang → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Beiyang Army → disbandedDuring → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Guominjun → participatedInConflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Fengtian clique → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Guangxi Clique → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhongyuan War → precededBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Chinese Civil War → precededBy → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Zhu Peide → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

Ye Jianying → participatedIn → Northern Expedition ⓘ

NRA (China) → conflict → Northern Expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army