NRA

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army military organization

The NRA, in this context, refers to the National Revolutionary Army, which was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government and the main Chinese force fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.

Aliases (1)

National Revolutionary Army ×51

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization →
activeDuring	1920s → 1930s → 1940s →
allegiance	Kuomintang → Republic of China → surface form: "Nationalist Government of China"
armedWingOf	Kuomintang →
branch	ground forces →
commander	Chiang Kai-shek →
conflict	Central Plains War → Chinese Civil War → Chinese Revolution → surface form: "Chinese Communist Revolution" Northern Expedition → Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → surface form: "Second Sino-Japanese War"
country	Republic of China →
establishedBy	Chiang Kai-shek → Kuomintang →
garrison	Nanjing →
ideology	Chinese nationalism → Three Principles of the People →
nativeName	Guomin Gemingjun → surface form: "國民革命軍"
nativeNameLanguage	Chinese →
notableBattle	Battle of Changsha → Battle of Shanghai (1937) → surface form: "Battle of Shanghai" Battle of Taierzhuang → Battle of Wuhan →
notableCommander	Bai Chongxi → Chen Cheng → Chiang Kai-shek → Feng Yuxiang → Hu Zongnan → Li Zongren → Sun Lianzhong → Xue Yue → Yan Xishan → Zhang Xueliang →
opponent	Chinese Red Army → Japan → surface form: "Empire of Japan" Imperial Japanese Army → People's Liberation Army →
partOf	Republic of China → surface form: "Nationalist Government of China"
predecessor	Guomin Gemingjun → surface form: "Kuomintang Army"
primaryTheater	China → surface form: "Mainland China"
role	armed forces of the Kuomintang government → main Chinese force in the Second Sino-Japanese War → main Kuomintang force in the Chinese Civil War →
shortName	NRA →
successor	Republic of China Armed Forces →
timePeriod	20th century →
type	national army →

Referenced by (3)

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

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → alsoKnownAs → NRA →

subject surface form: "National Revolutionary Army"

National Revolutionary Army → alsoKnownAs → NRA →

NRA → shortName → NRA →

subject surface form: "National Revolutionary Army"