Second United Front

Second United Front
Second United Front
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 Democracy; Nationalism; Socialism;
Political position	Big tent
Part of	United Nations
Allies	Soviet Union; United States; British Empire
Opponents	Axis powers Empire of Japan; Reorganized National Government; Manchukuo; Mengjiang;
Battles and wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Hundred Regiments Offensive; Battle of Taiyuan; Battle of Wuhan;

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.

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