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Chiang Kai-shek and the making of modern China 1906 to 1949
A compact chronicle of Chiang Kai-shek born 1887 in Fenghua Chekiang province. From early military training to Sun Yat-sen’s aide he forged the Northern Expedition and purged Communists, marrying Soong Mei Ling. The list traces his rise to power through wartime alliances, Chiang’s clash with Japan, World War II and the Nationalist retreat to Formosa, ending with the Quemoy Matsu crisis and civil war fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Republic
China
Fenghua
Chekiang Province
Ponting Military Academy
Tokyo Military Academy
Sun Yat-sen
Shanghai
Sun
Moscow
Soang Meiling
Japan
Manchuria
Chang Hsuehliong
Marco Palo
United States
Chiang
Republic
Kuomintang
Canton
Soong Mei-ling
Ching
Imperial
Peking
Marco Polo Bridge
U.S
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Motsy
Chigny