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United Front

Chinese history [1937-1945]
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1937 - 1945
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Chiang Kai-shek
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United Front, in modern Chinese history, either of two coalitions between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang [KMT]). The first United Front was begun in 1924. In return for Soviet military and organizational aid, Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan), the leader of the KMT, agreed to a “bloc within” alliance in which CCP members joined the KMT as individuals while retaining their separate CCP memberships. The alliance was held together by the personal prestige of Sun. After Sun’s death, in 1925, tension began to develop between the right wing of the KMT and the communists. Finally, in ...(100 of 596 words)

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