Whampoa Military Academy

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educational institution military academy

Whampoa Military Academy was a prominent military school in China, founded in 1924 near Guangzhou, that trained many of the key commanders of both the Nationalist and Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational institution → military academy →
alsoKnownAs	Huangpu Military Academy → Zhongshan Military Academy →
associatedWithEvent	First United Front → Sino-Soviet cooperation in the 1920s →
closed	late 1940s →
country	China →
establishedFor	National Revolutionary Army →
founded	1924 →
founder	Sun Yat-sen →
hasMemorial	Whampoa Military Academy Memorial →
hasType	officer training school →
historicalStatus	defunct →
ideologicalOrientation	Chinese nationalism → Three Principles of the People →
influenced	military education in East Asia →
languageOfNativeName	Chinese →
locatedIn	Huangpu District, Guangzhou →
locatedNear	Guangzhou →
locatedOn	Changzhou Island →
memorialLocatedIn	Guangzhou →
nativeName	黄埔军校 →
notableAlumnus	Chen Cheng → Chen Geng → Chiang Kai-shek → Du Yuming → He Long → Lin Biao → Xu Xiangqian → Ye Jianying → Zhou Enlai →
operatedBy	Kuomintang →
politicalAlignment	Chinese Nationalist Party →
primaryMission	training officers for the National Revolutionary Army →
principal	Chiang Kai-shek →
receivedSupportFrom	Chinese Communist Party → Soviet Union →
regionServed	Republic of China →
significantIn	Chinese Civil War → Northern Expedition → modern Chinese military history →
successorInstitution	Republic of China Military Academy →
timePeriod	Republic of China (1912–1949) →
trained	Chinese Communist commanders → Chinese Nationalist commanders → National Revolutionary Army officers →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Whampoa Military Academy ("Huangpu Military Academy") → Whampoa Military Academy ("Zhongshan Military Academy") →	alsoKnownAs
Chiang Wei-kuo ("Central Military Academy") → Zhou Enlai →	educatedAt
Lin Biao → Ye Ting →	education
Whampoa Military Academy ("黄埔军校") →	nativeName
First United Front →	relatedOrganization
Whampoa Military Academy ("Republic of China Military Academy") →	successorInstitution
National Revolutionary Army →	trainingInstitution