First United Front

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historical event political alliance united front

The First United Front was a short-lived alliance in 1920s China between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party formed to end warlordism and unify the country.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
First United Front canonical	4
Chinese Communist Party (as temporary ally)	1
First KMT–CCP United Front	1
First United Front between Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang	1
First United Front period	1
KMT–CCP Alliance	1
Kuomintang–Communist First United Front	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political alliance ⓘ united front ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First United Front ⓘ surface form: First KMT–CCP United Front First United Front ⓘ surface form: KMT–CCP Alliance
conflictWith	Chinese warlords ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Shanghai massacre of 1927 ⓘ purge of communists from the Kuomintang ⓘ
endTime	1927 ⓘ
followedBy	Chinese Civil War ⓘ Second United Front ⓘ
goal	end warlordism in China ⓘ strengthen resistance to imperialism ⓘ unify China ⓘ
hasCause	foreign imperialist pressure on China ⓘ fragmentation of China under warlords ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (1912–1949)
ideology	Chinese nationalism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ
influencedBy	Comintern ⓘ
keyFigure	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Mao Zedong ⓘ Mikhail Borodin ⓘ Sun Yat-sen ⓘ Zhou Enlai ⓘ
location	Guangzhou ⓘ
participant	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ Kuomintang ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Revolution ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
politicalContext	post–Qing dynasty fragmentation ⓘ rise of nationalist movements in China ⓘ
precededBy	early cooperation between KMT and CCP in 1923 ⓘ
purpose	create a unified national army ⓘ prepare for Northern Expedition ⓘ
relatedOrganization	Whampoa Military Academy ⓘ
result	growth of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ launch of the Northern Expedition ⓘ strengthening of the Kuomintang ⓘ temporary reduction of warlord power ⓘ
significantEvent	Northern Expedition ⓘ surface form: Northern Expedition (1926–1928) establishment of Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 ⓘ
startTime	1924 ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Second United Front → precededBy → First United Front ⓘ

Whampoa Military Academy → associatedWithEvent → First United Front ⓘ

First United Front → alsoKnownAs → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: KMT–CCP Alliance

First United Front → alsoKnownAs → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: First KMT–CCP United Front

Yang Hucheng → associatedWithOrganization → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Party (as temporary ally)

Moscow Sun Yat-sen University → historicalContext → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: First United Front between Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang

Warlord Era → significantEvent → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuomintang–Communist First United Front

Mikhail Borodin → participantIn → First United Front ⓘ

Liao Zhongkai → supported → First United Front ⓘ

Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan → historicalContext → First United Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: First United Front period