A report on Wuhan and Chiang Kai-shek
The split was partially motivated by the purge of the Communists within the party, which marked the end of the First United Front, and Chiang Kai-shek briefly stepped down as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army.
- WuhanThe NRA branched into three divisions: to the west was the returned Wang Jingwei, who led a column to take Wuhan; Bai Chongxi's column went east to take Shanghai; Chiang himself led in the middle route, planning to take Nanjing before pressing ahead to capture Beijing.
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Chongqing
4 linksMunicipality in southwest China.
Municipality in southwest China.
During and after the Second Sino-Japanese War, from Nov 1937 to May 1946, it was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's provisional capital.
After the General and remaining army had lived there for a time following their retreat in 1938 from the previous capital of Wuhan, it was formally declared the second capital city (陪都, pèi dū) on 6 September 1940.
Chinese gunboat Zhongshan
1 linksChinese gunboat built in Japan in 1913.
Chinese gunboat built in Japan in 1913.
Zhongshan was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War, but was later raised and restored as a museum ship in Wuhan.
From there, he transferred to the SS Yongfeng, where he was joined by Chiang Kai-shek around the 27th or 29th.