Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese person
anti-communist
head of state
military leader
politician
adoptiveChild Chiang Wei-kuo
alliedWith Soviet Union during World War II
British home front during World War II
surface form: United Kingdom during World War II

United States during World War II
birthDate 1887-10-31
birthName Chiang Kai-shek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chiang Chung-cheng
birthPlace Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Empire
burialPlace Cihu, Daxi District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
child Chiang Ching-kuo
citizenship Republic of China
commanded National Revolutionary Army
Republic of China Armed Forces
convertedTo Christianity
countryOfOrigin China
deathDate 1975-04-05
deathPlace Taipei, Taiwan
education Baoding Military Academy
Japanese military training
era Cold War
Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (1912–1949) on the mainland
headOfGovernment Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China on Taiwan
ideologicalInfluence Sun Yat-sen
implementedPolicy authoritarian one-party rule in Taiwan
martial law in Taiwan
leaderOf Kuomintang
memberOfPoliticalParty Kuomintang
militaryRank Generalissimo
movedGovernmentTo Formosa
surface form: Taiwan
name Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Kai-shek self-link
Chiang Chieh-shih
surface form: Jiang Jieshi
notableWork Chinese Civil War leadership
Northern Expedition
Second Sino-Japanese War leadership
Taiwan modernization policies
occupation military commander
politician
soldier
opposedBy Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong
participantIn Chinese Civil War (early phase)
surface form: Chinese Civil War

Northern Expedition
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
1911 Wuchang Uprising
surface form: Xinhai Revolution
politicalIdeology Chinese nationalism
anti-communism
positionHeld Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China
Director-General of the Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Generalissimo of the National Revolutionary Army

Premier of the Republic of China
President of the Republic of China
predecessor Sun Yat-sen
religion Methodist churches
surface form: Methodism
spouse Mao Fumei
Soong Mei-ling
successor Chiang Ching-kuo
yearGovernmentMovedToTaiwan 1949

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Tanggu Truce signedUnderGovernmentOf Chiang Kai-shek
Republican era significantFigure Chiang Kai-shek
1938 Yellow River flood orderedBy Chiang Kai-shek
Zhongzheng District, Taipei namedAfter Chiang Kai-shek
this entity surface form: Chiang Kai-shek’s given name Zhongzheng
Ichi-Go opponentCommander Chiang Kai-shek
Ichigo Offensive opposedBy Chiang Kai-shek