1937-09-22

Second United Front recognized

Chongqing and Nanjing political sphereChina · The Nationalist government and the Chinese Communist Party formalized anti-Japanese cooperation during the full-scale war.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Marco Polo Bridge Incident
  2. Battle of Shanghai
  3. Mongolian Great Purge
  4. Second United Front recognizedCurrent record
  5. Battle of Pingxingguan
  6. Defense of Sihang Warehouse
  7. Fall of Nanjing and massacre
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Context

The Second United Front did not mean full integration of the CCP and Nationalists; it meant temporary anti-Japanese coordination under total war.

Sources and media

Second Sino-Japanese War overview sources and modern Chinese archive lanes are linked.

Media

KMT officials in the Xi’an IncidentVisual recordKMT officials in the Xi’an IncidentA photograph of the political turn from the Xi’an Incident toward the united front.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Second Sino-Japanese WarOpen source