Chinese Warlord Era conflicts

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Chinese Warlord Era conflicts were a series of fragmented civil wars and military struggles among rival regional warlords and factions in China during the early 20th century, following the fall of the Qing dynasty and preceding the country's reunification.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil wars
series of military conflicts
chronologyWithin interwar period
country China
describedBySource People's Republic of China historiography on warlordism
Republican-era Chinese historiography
endTime late 1920s
era early 20th century
follows 1911 Revolution NERFINISHED
Xinhai Revolution NERFINISHED
fall of the Qing dynasty
hasCause competition for control of Beijing government
foreign influence and support for rival cliques
political fragmentation after the death of Yuan Shikai
regional militarism
weak central government of the early Republic of China
hasPart Anti-Fengtian War NERFINISHED
Central Plains War (overlapping end of warlord era)
Constitutional Protection War NERFINISHED
First Zhili–Fengtian War NERFINISHED
Guangxi War NERFINISHED
Guominjun revolt NERFINISHED
Northern Expedition NERFINISHED
Second Zhili–Fengtian War NERFINISHED
Zhili–Anhui War NERFINISHED
locatedIn Republic of China NERFINISHED
participant Anhui clique NERFINISHED
Beiyang warlords NERFINISHED
Chinese Communist Party (in later stages and local conflicts)
Fengtian clique NERFINISHED
Guangxi warlords NERFINISHED
Guominjun (Nationalist Army of Feng Yuxiang) NERFINISHED
Kuomintang NERFINISHED
Ma clique (Northwest warlords) NERFINISHED
Sichuan warlords NERFINISHED
Yunnan warlords NERFINISHED
Zhili clique NERFINISHED
foreign powers as advisers and arms suppliers
partOf Warlord Era NERFINISHED
precedes Chinese reunification under the Nationalist government
result continued regional militarism in some provinces
decline of Beiyang warlords
heavy civilian casualties and economic disruption
nominal unification of China under Kuomintang
significantEvent Northern Expedition victory over major warlords
fragmentation of Beiyang Army
nominal reunification of China under Nanjing government
rise of regional militarist regimes
struggle for control of Beijing government
startTime 1916
usedWeapon armored trains
artillery
early military aircraft
machine guns
small arms

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Wan Fulin historicalContext Chinese Warlord Era conflicts
this entity surface form: Chinese Warlord Era
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this entity surface form: Chinese Warlord Era
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this entity surface form: Chinese Warlord Era