Second United Front

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The Second United Front was a temporary alliance between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) formed during the Second Sino-Japanese War to resist Japanese invasion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political alliance
united front
aim national defense of China
resistance against Japanese aggression
alsoKnownAs KMT–CCP Second United Front
linked to: Second United Front

Kuomintang–Communist Second United Front
linked to: Second United Front
brokeredBy Yang Hucheng
Zhang Xueliang
characteristic nominal cessation of Chinese civil war
tactical cooperation between rivals
temporary alliance
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War
country China
dissolvedAfter end of Second Sino-Japanese War
endTime 1945
followedBy resumption of Chinese Civil War
formedUnderLeader Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
hasCause Japanese invasion of China
Xi’an Incident
historicalRegion Republic of China (1912–1949)
linked to: Republic of China
ideologicalContext Chinese nationalism
anti-imperialism
involves Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
languageOfName Chinese
legalStatus informal political agreement
location China
militaryAspect coordination of some KMT and CCP forces
notableAgreement CCP recognition of nominal KMT leadership in war effort
KMT tolerance of CCP-controlled base areas
opponent Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army
participant Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Nationalist Party
linked to: Kuomintang

Communist Party of China
Kuomintang
precededBy First United Front
relatedTo Chinese Civil War
linked to: Chinese Revolution

Sino-Japanese conflicts
result expansion of Communist influence in rural China
increased Chinese resistance to Japan
significantEvent Xi’an Incident
startTime 1937
tension frequent clashes between KMT and CCP despite alliance
timePeriod World War II in Asia
linked to: Pacific War

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Chinese Communist Party forces partOf Second United Front
Second United Front alsoKnownAs KMT–CCP Second United Front
linked to: Second United Front
Second United Front alsoKnownAs Kuomintang–Communist Second United Front
linked to: Second United Front
New Fourth Army formedDuring Second United Front
China Theater politicalContext Chinese United Front against Japan
linked to: Second United Front
Xi’an Incident mainSubject Second United Front
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army commandStructure United Front with Kuomintang
linked to: Second United Front
First United Front followedBy Second United Front
Yang Hucheng forcedPoliticalChange Second United Front
Yang Hucheng supported Chinese Communist Party–Kuomintang united front against Japan
linked to: Second United Front
Yang Hucheng historicalSignificance helped create Second United Front between KMT and CCP
linked to: Second United Front
Tang Enbo associatedWith Second United Front
Xin Si Jun alliance United Front against Japan
linked to: Second United Front
Sian Incident relatedTo Second United Front
Chinese Civil War temporaryAlliance Second United Front
Republican era of China significantEvent Second United Front
Northern Expedition capture of Wuhan relatedTo Kuomintang–Communist cooperation
linked to: Second United Front
Chang Hsueh-liang supportedPolicy Second United Front between Nationalists and Communists
linked to: Second United Front
Republican era significantEvent Second United Front
Anhui Incident relatedTo Second United Front