The National Revolutionary Army was the military arm of the Kuomintang from 1924 until 1947.
The opening ceremony of the Whampoa Military Academy, June 16, 1924. On the podium, from left to right: Liao Zhongkai, Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching-ling. Below the podium, the first one from the left in white suite is Two-Gun Cohen.
National Revolutionary Army troops prepare to siege Shanghai against Sun Chuanfang's forces.
National Revolutionary Army soldiers march into the British concessions in Hankou during the Northern Expedition.
A Chinese propaganda poster depicting the National Revolutionary Army.
The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926. The purpose of the cam
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…Union (USSR), it was reorganized into an instrument for the KMT to unify China during the Warlord Era, which was to be achieved through an eventual Northern Expedition to defeat the northern warlords and place the country under KMT rule. With the success of the Northern Expedition and the nominal reunification of China…
Clockwise from top-left: Chiang inspecting soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army; NRA troops marching north; an NRA artillery unit in combat; civilians showing support for the NRA; peasants volunteering to join the expedition; NRA soldiers preparing to launch an attack.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the NRA, emerged from the Northern Expedition as the leader of the KMT and China.
NRA troops preparing to attack Wuchang (present-day Wuhan)