Nanchang uprising

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Nanchang Uprising
Part of Chinese Civil War
The location of Nanchang uprising.
Date 1 August 1927 Location Nanchang Result Initial communist victory followed by a tactical retreat
Belligerents
Nationalist government Right-wing of the Kuomintang Right-wing of the National Revolutionary Army	Communist Party Left-wing of the Kuomintang Left-wing of the National Revolutionary Army
Commanders and leaders
Zhu Peide [zh] Chen Jitang Zhang Fakui	He Long Zhou Enlai Zhu De Ye Ting Liu Bocheng Deng Yanda Song Qingling

The Nanchang Uprising^[a] was the first major Nationalist Party of China–Chinese Communist Party engagement of the Chinese Civil War, begun by the Chinese Communists to counter the Shanghai massacre of 1927 by the Kuomintang.

The Kuomintang (KMT) left wing established a "Revolutionary Committee" at Nanchang to plant the spark that was expected to ignite a widespread peasant uprising. Deng Yanda, Song Qingling and Zhang Fakui (listed nominally, who later crushed the uprising) were among the political leaders.^[1]

Military forces in Nanchang under the leadership of He Long and Zhou Enlai rebelled in an attempt to seize control of the city after the end of the first Kuomintang-Communist alliance. Other important leaders in this event were Zhu De, Ye Ting, and Liu Bocheng.

Communist forces successfully occupied Nanchang and escaped from the siege of Kuomintang forces by 5 August, withdrawing to the Jinggang Mountains of western Jiangxi. 1 August 1927 was later regarded as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the first action fought against the Kuomintang and the National Revolutionary Army (NRA).

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