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Second Sino-Japanese War - Xi'an Incident

Time: Saturday Dec 12, 1936

Place: Xi'an, China

Details: On December 12, 1936, a deeply disgruntled Zhang Xueliang kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an, hoping to force an end to the conflict between KMT and CPC. To secure the release of Chiang, the KMT agreed to a temporary end to the Chinese Civil War .

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