Canton Coup

Canton Coup
Canton Coup
	The Zhongshan under steam.
Zhongshan Incident
Traditional Chinese	中山艦事件
Simplified Chinese	中山舰事件
Literal meaning	Zhongshan Warship Incident
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngshān Jiàn Shìjiàn
March 20th Incident
Chinese	三二〇事件
Literal meaning	3/20 Incident
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sān-Èr-Líng Shìjiàn

Chiang Kai-shek leading the Northern Expedition in 1926.

The Canton Coup^[1] of 20 March 1926, also known as the Zhongshan Incident^[2] or the March 20th Incident,^[3] was a purge of Communist elements of the Nationalist army in Guangzhou (then romanized as "Canton") undertaken by Chiang Kai-shek. The incident solidified Chiang's power immediately before the successful Northern Expedition, turning him into the paramount leader of the country.

^ Wortzel (1999), "Canton Coup".
^ Felber (2002), p. 57.
^ Van de Ven (2003), p. 101.

[FOOTNOTEWortzel1999"[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidrfu-hR8msh4CpgPA39_Canton_Coup]"-1] Wortzel (1999), "Canton Coup".

[FOOTNOTEFelber2002[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidvXBUAQAAQBAJpgPA57_57]-2] Felber (2002), p. 57.

[FOOTNOTEVan_de_Ven2003[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidtx5H_DC5V-MCpgPA101_101]-3] Van de Ven (2003), p. 101.

[1]

[2]

[3]