Shanghai massacre
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The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations and leftist e
Communists being rounded up during the purges
Chiang Kai-shek at the beginning of the Northern Expedition in 1926
Public beheading of a communist
The Nanking Nationalist government was established on April 18, with Chiang Kai-shek as head of government.
Nanchang Uprising
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The Nanchang Uprising of August 1927 was the point at which conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party of China became an outright rebellion. This began the Chinese Civil W
Shanghai massacre
…International (Comintern) agents. For the rest of 1927, the CCP would fight to regain power, beginning the Autumn Harvest Uprising and culminating with the Nanchang Uprising, nominally commencing the Chinese Civil War. With the failure and the crushing of the Guangzhou Uprising however, the power of the CCP was largely…
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