China’s Warlord Era Series – The Collapse of the First United Front 1927 February 5, 2023 Nicola Pacific WW2 </p> <h2>China’s Warlord Era</h2> <p> This episode of China’s Warlord Era is on the Collapse of the First United Front</p> <p>Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist Army continue the Northern Expedition, pushing the Nationalist Pacification Army of Zhang Zuolin further north. When the NRA took Shanghai and Nanjing it was a serious blow to the northern warlords, however disaster struck. The Nanjing incident and Shanghai massacre led to internal conflicts between the KMT and CCP of the First United Front.</p> <p>Chiang Kai-Shek was ousted as leader of the NRA by Wang Jingwei. Now the NRA was divided into the Wuhan government of Wang Jingwei and the Nanjing government of Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-Shek decided the time was ripe to purge his forces of the CCP.</p> <p>With the NRA divided, the NPA began a counter offensive taking back vast amounts of lost territory and it seemed the Northern Expedition was in trouble. Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-Shek met to resolve their differences, united Wuhan and Nanjing and collapsing the First United Front by purging the remaining communists.</p> <p> <br /> Credit to : The Pacific War Channel</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
