The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army, led by Chiang Kai-shek, to defeat the warlords who controlled northern and central China and to unify the country. It began in Guangdong with the support of the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party, which were allied with the Kuomintang. The army won rapid victories in the south and took Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai. In 1927 Chiang turned on his communist allies in the Shanghai massacre, splitting the movement and leading to the Chinese Civil War. The expedition resumed and captured Beijing, and by the end the Nationalist government in Nanjing was recognised as the government of China, although many regions remained under the control of regional leaders.
Before and after
- 16 October 1925Locarno Treaties
- 20 November 1925Birth of Robert F. Kennedy
- from 27 November 1925 to 15 September 1926Urtatagai conflict
- from 12 December 1925 to 1 April 1979Pahlavi dynasty
- from 1926 to 1928Northern Expedition
- 1926Founding of ACF Fiorentina
- 1926Construction of Park Güell
- 1926Construction of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- 1926Publication of Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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