Second United Front

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Second United Front was the alliance between the Kuomintang (KMT) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Second Sino-Japanese War or World War II, which suspended the Chinese Civil War from 1937 to 1946. During the Japanese invasion and the occupation of Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek, who saw the Chinese Communists as a greater threat, refused to ally with the Communists to fight against the Japanese. On December 12, 1936, Kuomintang Generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng kidnapped Chiang and forced him to a truce with the Communists. The incident became known as the Xi'an Incident. Both parties agreed to suspend fighting and form a Second United Front to focus their energies and fighting against the Japanese. It was a moment rarely seen during wars- where both sides join together to face a greater threat.

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