Second United Front

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political alliance united front

The Second United Front was a temporary alliance between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) formed during the Second Sino-Japanese War to resist Japanese invasion.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Chinese Communist Party–Kuomintang united front against Japan 1
Chinese United Front against Japan 1
KMT–CCP Second United Front 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political alliance ⓘ
united front ⓘ
aim national defense of China ⓘ
resistance against Japanese aggression ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second United Front ⓘ
surface form: KMT–CCP Second United Front

Second United Front ⓘ
surface form: Kuomintang–Communist Second United Front
brokeredBy Yang Hucheng ⓘ
Zhang Xueliang ⓘ
characteristic nominal cessation of Chinese civil war ⓘ
tactical cooperation between rivals ⓘ
temporary alliance ⓘ
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
country China ⓘ
dissolvedAfter end of Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
followedBy resumption of Chinese Civil War ⓘ
formedUnderLeader Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
hasCause Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of China

Xi’an Incident ⓘ
historicalRegion Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Republic of China (1912–1949)
ideologicalContext Chinese nationalism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
involves Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
legalStatus informal political agreement ⓘ
location China ⓘ
militaryAspect coordination of some KMT and CCP forces ⓘ
notableAgreement CCP recognition of nominal KMT leadership in war effort ⓘ
KMT tolerance of CCP-controlled base areas ⓘ
opponent Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
participant Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Nationalist Party

Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of China

Kuomintang ⓘ
precededBy First United Front ⓘ
relatedTo Chinese Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Civil War

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Japanese conflicts
result expansion of Communist influence in rural China ⓘ
increased Chinese resistance to Japan ⓘ
significantEvent Xi’an Incident ⓘ
startTime 1937 ⓘ
tension frequent clashes between KMT and CCP despite alliance ⓘ
timePeriod Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Asia

Referenced by (13)

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

Xin Si Jun → alliance → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Front against Japan
Second United Front → alsoKnownAs → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: KMT–CCP Second United Front
Second United Front → alsoKnownAs → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuomintang–Communist Second United Front
Tang Enbo → associatedWith → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Front with Kuomintang
First United Front → followedBy → Second United Front ⓘ
Yang Hucheng → forcedPoliticalChange → Second United Front ⓘ
New Fourth Army → formedDuring → Second United Front ⓘ
Yang Hucheng → historicalSignificance → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: helped create Second United Front between KMT and CCP
Xi’an Incident → mainSubject → Second United Front ⓘ
Chinese Communist Party forces → partOf → Second United Front ⓘ
China Theater → politicalContext → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese United Front against Japan
Yang Hucheng → supported → Second United Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Party–Kuomintang united front against Japan