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- Chinese military history underwent a dramatic transformation in the 20th century, with the People's Liberation Army beginning in 1927 with the start of the Chinese Civil War, and developing from a peasant guerrilla force into what remains the largest armed force in the world.
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Beiyang Army troops in the 1920s. The Republic of China's military initially consisted of the decentralized forces of the former Qing dynasty, with the most modern and organized being the Beiyang Army, before it split into factions that attacked each other.
Usually translated into English as “warlords,” junfa were the bane of Republican China. Some were highly trained officers, others selfmade strategists or graduates of the “school of forestry,” a Chinese euphemism for banditry.
Jun 23, 2021 · The 1920s saw the rise of two prominent political parties, the Guomindang (GMD) or “Nationalist” Party and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), each of which developed military forces in order to acquire political power and implement its particular plan for a new China.
The Warlord Era was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions from 1916 to 1928.
The Chinese equivalent – chün-fa – is opprobrious, suggesting a selfish commander with little social consciousness or national spirit; some argue that ‘regional militarist’ is a more neutral term for the diverse personalities found among the military leaders of the time.
- James E. Sheridan
- 1983
A map showing China’s warlord factions and alliances in 1925. The Warlord Era (1916-27) was a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into a jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. Warlordism was to some extent a culmination of internal divisions that emerged in late Qing China.
May 11, 2021 · In August 1920, the coalition forces launched wars against Lu Yung-ting from three sides: Tang Chi-yao first attacked western Kwangsi from Yunnan Province; another troop in Hunan Province assaulted Kwangsi from the north; and an army led by Chen Chiung-ming fought with Lu from Canton.
