Central Plains War

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civil war military conflict

The Central Plains War was a major 1930 Chinese civil conflict in which Chiang Kai-shek fought rival warlords for control of the Nationalist government and unification of China.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war → military conflict →
alsoKnownAs	Zhongyuan Pianzheng → Zhongyuan War →
belligerent	Chiang Kai-shek → Feng Yuxiang → Guangxi Clique → Guominjun → Li Zongren → Nanjing Nationalist Government → Shanxi Clique → Yan Xishan →
casualties	hundreds of thousands →
cause	opposition to Chiang Kai-shek's centralization of power → warlord resistance to Nanjing government authority →
commander	Chiang Kai-shek → Feng Yuxiang → Li Zongren → Yan Xishan →
conflictType	Chinese civil war →
country	Republic of China →
endDate	1930-11 →
era	Nanjing decade →
followedBy	further Kuomintang–Communist conflicts →
historicalRegion	Central Plains of China →
ideology	Chinese nationalism →
location	Anhui → Central China → Henan → Hubei → Jiangsu → Shandong →
objective	control of Nationalist government → unification of China under Kuomintang rule →
opposingForce	allied warlord armies →
partOf	Chinese Civil War →
politicalContext	intra-Kuomintang power struggle →
precededBy	Northern Expedition →
primaryCombatant	National Revolutionary Army →
result	consolidation of Nanjing Nationalist Government → defeat of anti-Chiang coalition → victory for Chiang Kai-shek →
significance	strengthened Chiang Kai-shek's personal rule → weakened regional warlord cliques →
startDate	1930-05 →
year	1930 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Army of the Kuomintang → Guomin Gemingjun → National Revolutionary Army → National Revolutionary Army → National Revolutionary Army →	conflict
Bai Chongxi → Yan Xishan →	participatedIn
Guomin Gemingjun → National Revolutionary Army →	significantEvent
Northern Expedition →	followedBy