Chiang Kai-shek
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Chiang was the most important man in the Kuomintang government during the Nanking decade. He led the government and Chinese armed forces through eight years of war against Japan (1937-1945) until Allied victory, was elected president, but lost the civil war to the Chinese Communist Party. He and his Kuomintang followers fled in 1949 to Taiwan, where he ruled until his death.
Early Life
Chiang Kai-shek was born on October 31, 1887, in the village of Qikou, in Fenghua county, Zhejiang Province. Chiang’s grandfather had begun a...
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