Central Army of the Kuomintang

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The Central Army of the Kuomintang was the core, most loyal force of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist military, serving as his primary power base during the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military formation
allegiance Kuomintang
Nationalist Government of China
linked to: Republic of China
alsoKnownAs Central Army
basedOn German-style training and organization in the 1930s
characteristic better equipped than provincial warlord troops
better trained than provincial warlord troops
directly controlled by Chiang Kai-shek
commander Chiang Kai-shek
conflict Central Plains War
Chinese Civil War
Encirclement Campaigns against the Chinese Red Army
Northern Expedition
Second Sino-Japanese War
War of Resistance against Japan
country Republic of China
equipmentSource German military assistance (1930s)
United States military aid (Second Sino-Japanese War and after)
garrison Chiang Kai-shek’s power base areas in eastern and central China
Nanjing
historicalSignificance formed the backbone of Nationalist resistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
served as Chiang Kai-shek’s main instrument in the Chinese Civil War
ideology Chinese nationalism
anti-communism
languageOfCommand Chinese
loyalty Chiang Kai-shek
notableCommander Chen Cheng
He Yingqin
Hu Zongnan
Tang Enbo
Xue Yue
opposedTo Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Red Army
organizedAs elite divisions of the National Revolutionary Army
partOf Chiang Kai-shek’s personal military clique
National Revolutionary Army
primaryOpponents Imperial Japanese Army
People’s Liberation Army
role core force of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist military
primary power base of Chiang Kai-shek
subordinateTo Military Affairs Commission of the National Government
timePeriod 1920s
1930s
1940s
usedFor consolidation of Chiang Kai-shek’s personal authority
frontline combat against Japanese forces
suppression of rival warlords

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National Revolutionary Army hasPart Central Army of the Kuomintang
Flying Tigers alliedWith Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Chinese 87th Division higherCommand Central Army of the Nationalist Government
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Baoding Military Academy producedAlumniFor Kuomintang military leadership
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Guomin Gemingjun role national army of the Republic of China on the mainland
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Canton Operation participant Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
14th Air Force alliance Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Battle of Taiyuan opponent Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Battle of Taiyuan hasParticipant Chinese Nationalist government forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Rikusentai opposedBy Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
The Hump supported Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
New Fourth Army Incident commandedBy Kuomintang government forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
China Air Task Force alliedWith Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Salween offensive involvedForce Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Huaihai Campaign belligerent Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Japanese Fifteenth Army opposedBy Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Dabie Mountains Campaign opponent Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Luding Bridge battle combatant Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Battle of Xiang River side2 Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Battle of Nanchang opponent Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Chinese Nationalist side in the Second Sino-Japanese War alsoKnownAs Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Japanese occupation of Burma involved Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Liaoshen Campaign combatant Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Ba Lu Jun laterOpponent Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Pingjin Campaign combatant Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign opponent Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Zhongyuan Pianzheng belligerent Chiang Kai-shek faction
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg enemyOf Chinese Republican forces
subject linked to: Mad Baron
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Burma Theater involvedForce Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Indian 17th Infantry Division alliedWith Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Kawabe Masakazu opponent Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Indian 7th Infantry Division alliedWith Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Three Alls Policy opposedBy Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Japanese occupation of Rehe belligerent Chinese National Revolutionary Army
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Third Tactical Air Force alliedWith Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Operations in French Indochina participant Chinese Nationalist forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang
Anhui Incident belligerent Kuomintang forces
linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang