Northern Expedition
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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
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)
NRA forces enter the British concession at Hankou, October 1926
The Wuhan government of the Republic of China, was established by the left-wing of the Kuomintang in Wuhan following the capture of the city during the Northern Expedition. The government was eventual
Northern Expedition
…two phases. The first phase ended in a 1927 political split between two factions of the KMT: the right-leaning Nanjing faction, led by Chiang, and the left-leaning faction in Wuhan, led by Wang Jingwei. The split was partially motivated by Chiang's Shanghai Massacre of Communists within the KMT, which marked the end of…
Third Plenary Session of the KMT Second Central Committee in Wuhan, March 1927
Wuhan Nationalist Government Office
Former Meeting Room of the Nationalist Government
Chiang Kai-Shek and Wang Jingwei in 1927