Second United Front
The Second United Front (traditional Chinese: 第二次國共合作; simplified Chinese: 第二次国共合作; pinyin: dì èr cì guógòng hézuò; lit. 'Second Nationalist-Communist Cooperation') was the alliance between the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to resist the Japanese invasion of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which suspended the Chinese Civil War from 1937 to 1945.
Second United Front | |
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第二次國共合作 | |
Leader | Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong |
Dates of operation | December 24, 1936 – January 1941 |
Dissolved | 15 August 1945 |
Merger of | Chinese Nationalist Party Chinese Communist Party |
Country | China |
Allegiance | Nationalist government |
Motives | Anti-imperialism Anti-Japanese sentiment |
Headquarters | Chongqing |
Ideology | Tridemism |
Political position | Big tent |
Part of | United Nations |
Allies | Soviet Union United States British Empire |
Opponents | Axis powers |
Battles and wars | Second Sino-Japanese War |
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