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Second Sino-Japanese War

Xi'an Incident

Saturday Dec 12, 1936
Xi'an, China

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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