Second United Front (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Second United Front was the alliance between the Kuomintang (KMT) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Second Sino-Japanese War or World War II, which suspended the Chinese Civil War from 1937 to 1946. During the Japanese invasion and the occupation of Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek, who saw the Chinese Communists as a greater threat, refused to ally with the Communists to fight against the Japanese. On December 12, 1936, Kuomintang Generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng kidnapped Chiang and forced him to a truce with the Communists. The incident became known as the Xi'an Incident. Both parties agreed to suspend fighting and form a Second United Front to focus their energies and fighting against the Japanese. It was a moment rarely seen during wars- where both sides join together to face a greater threat.