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Warlord soldiers train with dao swords sometime in the 1920s. Some warlord armies, especially those in southern China, were badly armed, paid and supplied, and often lacked even basic necessities, such as guns, ammunition, and food. [30] Besides bandits, the rank-and-file of the warlord armies tended to be village conscripts. They might take ...
The Warlord Era was a historical period of the Republic of China that began from 1916 and lasted until the mid-1930s, during which the country was divided and ruled by various military cliques following the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916. Communist revolution broke out in the later part of the warlord period, beginning the Chinese Civil War.
The modern Warlord Era began in 1916 upon his death. The national government existed and handled foreign affairs, but it had little internal control until the late 1920s. [ 39 ] A period of provincial and local rule under military strongmen known as the Warlord Era lasted until the Kuomintang (KMT; Chinese Nationalist Party) consolidated its ...
The Yunnan clique (Chinese: 滇系; pinyin: Diān Xì) was one of several mutually hostile cliques that split from the Beiyang Government in the Republic of China's warlord era. It was named for Yunnan Province.
Warlords of the Warlord Era in the mainland Republic of China (1912–49), during the Republican period of Chinese history. Subcategories This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
The Spirit Soldier rebellions of 1920–1926 [a] were a series of major peasant uprisings against state authorities and warlords in the Republic of China's provinces of Hubei and Sichuan during the Warlord Era. Following years of brutal suppression, civil war, and excessive taxation, the rural population of central China was restive, and ...
The Warlord Era in mainland Republic of China (1912–49), primarily from 1916 to 1928. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. E.
Zhang Zongchang proved to be one of the more capable warlord generals, making effective use of armored trains. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Aided by his knowledge of the Russian language, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] he recruited thousands of White Russian refugees from the Russian Civil War ; [ 8 ] [ 9 ] he organized the men into specialized units, including a unit of ...