What the records say
- When
- 20 Mar 1926
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 39.90° N, 116.41° E
- Description
- 1926 purge undertaken by Chiang Kai-shek
Canton Coup
1926 purge undertaken by Chiang Kai-shek
The Canton Coup of 20 March 1926, also known as the Zhongshan Incident or the March 20th Incident, was a purge of Chinese Communist Party elements of the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou undertaken by Chiang Kai-shek. The incident solidified Chiang's power immediately before the successful Northern Expedition, turning him into the paramount leader of the country.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “蔣介石が反共クーデターを起こす（中山艦事件）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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