Zhang Zongchang
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Zhang Zongchang, courtesy name Xiaokun, was a Chinese warlord who ruled Shandong from 1925 to 1928. A member of the Fengtian clique, Zhang was notorious for his brutal and ruthless behavior, eccentric
Zhang in the 1920s
Zhang in the 1920s
Zhang's apartment when he was in exile in Dalian (then Kwantung Leased Territory)
Zhang's bodyguards in Jinan
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
Zhang Zongchang
…the "Dogmeat General". In 1927, Time dubbed him China's "basest warlord". Zhang's troops were defeated by the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition in 1928, and he fled to Japan before returning to Shandong in 1932, where he was assassinated by a young officer. Zhang was born in 1881 in Ye County…
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