Constitutionalist Army

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The Constitutionalist Army was the revolutionary military force led primarily by Venustiano Carranza that fought to overthrow Victoriano Huerta and helped shape post-revolutionary Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
revolutionary army ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endTime circa 1917 ⓘ
foughtAgainst Federal Army of Victoriano Huerta ⓘ
Villista forces ⓘ
Zapatista forces ⓘ
foughtIn Mexican Revolution ⓘ
hasObjective overthrow of Victoriano Huerta ⓘ
restoration of constitutional order in Mexico ⓘ
hasPart Army of the Northwest ⓘ
surface form: Army of the Northeast

Army of the Northwest ⓘ
Northern Division ⓘ
hasPoliticalWing Constitutionalist forces of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Constitutionalist faction led by Venustiano Carranza
headquartersLocation Coahuila ⓘ
ideology Constitutionalist forces of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Huerta faction of the Mexican Revolution

Republicanism ⓘ
surface form: Constitutionalism
influenced Mexican Constitution of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Mexico of 1917
language Spanish ⓘ
leader Venustiano Carranza ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Zacatecas (1914) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Zacatecas (indirectly via Northern Division)
notableCommander Francisco Murguía NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucio Blanco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pablo González Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plutarco Elías Calles ⓘ
Salvador Alvarado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Álvaro Obregón ⓘ
opposed Victoriano Huerta ⓘ
opposedBy U.S.-backed Huerta regime initially ⓘ
partOf Mexican Revolution ⓘ
recognizedBy Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
surface form: United States government in 1914
reorganizedAs postrevolutionary Mexican federal army ⓘ
significantEvent Capture of Mexico City in 1914 ⓘ
Constitutionalists’ victory over Huerta regime ⓘ
Plan of Guadalupe ⓘ
startTime 1913 ⓘ
supportedBy middle-class reformers in Mexico ⓘ
regional elites in northern Mexico ⓘ
usedMilitaryStrategy mobile warfare in northern Mexico ⓘ
railway-based troop movements ⓘ
uses Carrancista as demonym for its members ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Revolution → combatant → Constitutionalist Army ⓘ
Pancho Villa → politicalAlignment → Constitutionalist Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: anti-Huerta forces
David Alfaro Siqueiros → servedIn → Constitutionalist Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutionalist Army (Mexico)