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Defected to KMT in 1930, warlord of Chahar Province and Rehe Province: Jing Yuexiu. 井岳秀 1913–1936: Northern Shaanxi warlord, cooperated with various other cliques. [25] Han Fuqu. 韓復榘 1930–1938: Chairman of the Shandong Province; Defected to KMT in 1930. [18] arrested and shot after abandoning his province when the Second Sino ...
One politician remarked that when the warlords went to war with each other, the bandits become soldiers and when the war ended, the soldiers became bandits. [28] Warlord armies commonly raped or took many women into sexual slavery. [29] The system of looting was institutionalized, as many warlords lacked the money to pay their troops.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The United States has been involved in 115 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
Second English Civil War (1648–1649) Second Central American Civil War (1838–1840) Second Congo War (1998–2002), also referred to as a civil war; Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003) Second Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005) Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999), also known as the Second ...
Edwin Forbes Glenn (1857–1926), U.S. Army Major General who waterboarded detainees in the Philippines during the Philippine–American War, given a fine and taken out of command for one month [205] Inocente Orlando Montano, Salvadoran army colonel convicted for the 1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador during the Salvadoran civil war [206]
American Samoa was acquired by the United States in 1900 after the end of the Second Samoan Civil War. [5] The United States purchased the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917. [6] Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II.
The Twelve Warlords War was a period ranging from 966–968 characterized by chaos and civil war. The reason this period received the title of "Twelve Warlords War", or Anarchy of the 12 Warlords, is because of the struggle for power after the illegitimate succession to the throne by Dương Tam Kha after the death of Ngô Quyền.