Chinese Northeastern Army

E79326

military force warlord army

The Chinese Northeastern Army was the regional military force of Zhang Xueliang that defended Manchuria and later played a key role in early Chinese resistance to Japanese expansion in the 1930s.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fengtian clique	2
Dongbei Jun	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military force ⓘ warlord army ⓘ
activeDuring	Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Chinese Civil War (interwar period) Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria Warlord Era in China ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ surface form: Dongbei Jun Northeastern Army ⓘ
commander	Zhang Xueliang ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
dispositionAfterLossOfManchuria	integrated into central Nationalist command ⓘ redeployed to North China ⓘ
engagedInConflict	Defense of the Great Wall ⓘ surface form: Defense of the Great Wall (1933) Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria Mukden Incident ⓘ Xi’an Incident ⓘ surface form: Xi'an Incident (political involvement)
ethnicComposition	predominantly Han Chinese soldiers ⓘ
garrison	Shenyang ⓘ surface form: Mukden Shenyang ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Shenyang ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major regional force in Northeast China before Japanese occupation ⓘ played key role in early Chinese resistance to Japanese expansion in the 1930s ⓘ
involvedIn	formation of the Second United Front ⓘ
keyFigure	Tang Yulin ⓘ Wan Fulin ⓘ Yu Xuezhong ⓘ Zhang Xueliang ⓘ
loyalty	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Government of China Zhang Xueliang ⓘ
notableEvent	participation in early resistance to Japanese expansion in North China ⓘ withdrawal from Manchuria after Mukden Incident ⓘ
operatedIn	Manchuria ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Northeast China
origin	Fengtian clique ⓘ surface form: Fengtian clique forces of Zhang Zuolin
partOf	National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Kuomintang ⓘ
politicalRole	pressure for united resistance against Japan ⓘ
predecessor	Fengtian clique ⓘ surface form: Fengtian clique army
primaryRole	regional defense of Manchuria ⓘ
regionControlled	Heilongjiang ⓘ Jilin Province ⓘ surface form: Jilin Liaoning ⓘ
reorganizedAs	units of the National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
timePeriod	1930s ⓘ late 1920s ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chinese Northeastern Army → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongbei Jun

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → opponent → Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ

Northern Expedition → opponent → Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fengtian clique

Manchukuo → precededBy → Chinese Northeastern Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fengtian clique