National Revolutionary Army

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army military organization

The National Revolutionary Army was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government, serving as the main Chinese force in major conflicts such as the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Aliases (2)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization →
activeFrom	1925 →
activeUntil	1947 →
alliedWith	Allies of World War II → British Armed Forces → Soviet Union → United States Armed Forces →
alsoKnownAs	Chinese National Revolutionary Army → NRA →
branch	air force components → armored forces → artillery → cavalry → infantry →
conflict	Central Plains War → Chinese Civil War → Northern Expedition → Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →
controlledBy	Kuomintang →
country	Republic of China →
establishedDuring	Whampoa Military Academy era →
foughtAgainst	Chinese Red Army → Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army → Empire of Japan → Imperial Japanese Army → People's Liberation Army → warlord armies →
founder	Chiang Kai-shek → Kuomintang →
garrison	Chongqing → Nanjing →
headquartersLocation	Nanjing →
ideology	Chinese nationalism → Three Principles of the People →
legalSuccessor	Republic of China Army →
loyalty	Nationalist Government of China →
notableCommander	Bai Chongxi → Chen Cheng → Chiang Kai-shek → Feng Yuxiang → He Yingqin → Hu Zongnan → Li Zongren → Xue Yue → Yan Xishan → Zhang Fakui →
partOf	Nationalist Government of the Republic of China →
predecessor	Beiyang Army factions →
primaryOpponentInCivilWar	Chinese Communist Party forces →
role	ground warfare → internal security → national defense →
significantEvent	Central Plains War → Chinese Civil War → Northern Expedition → Second Sino-Japanese War →
status	defunct →
successor	Republic of China Armed Forces → Republic of China Army →
trainingInstitution	Whampoa Military Academy →

Referenced by (76)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bai Chongxi → Chen Cheng → Chiang Chieh-shih → Feng Yuxiang → He Yingqin → Hsu Yung-chang → Hu Zongnan → Li Zongren → Song Zheyuan → Sun Lianzhong → Tang Enbo → Xue Yue → Yang Hucheng → Ye Ting → Yu Chengwan → Zhang Fakui → Zhang Zhizhong →	militaryBranch
Battle of Changde → Battle of Changsha → Battle of Nanjing → Battle of Shanghai (1937) → Battle of Taierzhuang → Battle of Xuzhou → Defense of the Great Wall → Marco Polo Bridge Incident → Northern Expedition → South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War → Wuhan campaign →	belligerent
Canton Operation → Central China Front → East China Field Army → Guangzhou Uprising → Japanese Central China Area Army → Japanese North China Area Army → Japanese occupation of China → Long March → Nanchang Uprising → New Fourth Army → Operation Kogo →	opponent
29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army → 5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army → Central Army of the Kuomintang → Chinese 71st Army → Chinese Expeditionary Force → Chinese Northeastern Army → National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army →	partOf
Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai → Japanese occupation of Guangzhou → New Fourth Army Incident → Tairiku Datsū Sakusen → Xi’an Incident →	participant
Chinese 87th Division → Chinese 88th Division → Zhang Xueliang →	allegiance
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → Battle of Taiyuan → Battle of Wuhan →	combatant
Chinese Civil War (early phase) → War of Liberation →	hasParticipant
Northern Expedition → Zhang Fakui ("National Revolutionary Army ground forces") →	militaryForce
Japanese occupation of North China → Operation Ichi-Go →	opposedBy
Guomin Gemingjun →	alsoKnownAs
Chinese 87th Division ("National Revolutionary Army ground forces") →	branchOfService
Chiang Kai-shek →	commanded
Whampoa Military Academy →	establishedFor
Battle of Guangzhou →	involved
Bai Chongxi ("National Revolutionary Army units") →	notableCommanderOf
Northern Expedition →	organizedBy
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China →	oversaw
Republic of China Armed Forces →	predecessor
Central Plains War →	primaryCombatant
Japanese China Garrison Army →	primaryOpponent
Baoding Military Academy →	producedAlumniFor
Zhu De →	servedIn