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19th Route Army () was an army in the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
led by General
Cai Tingkai Cai Tingkai (; 1892–1968) was a Chinese general. Cai was in overall command of the 19th Route Army of the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off the Imperial Japanese Army during ...
. It gained a good reputation among the Chinese for fighting the Japanese in
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
in the January 28 Incident in 1932. In 1933-34, it was the main force in the Fuijan Rebellion, which opposed Chiang Kai-shek and unsuccessfully sought an alliance with the Chinese communists in the
Jiangxi Soviet The Jiangxi Soviet, sometimes referred to as the Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet, was a soviet area that existed between 1931 and 1934, governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was the largest component of the Chinese Soviet Republic and hom ...
. A " Route Army' was a type of military organization used in the Chinese Republic. It usually exercised command over two or more
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or a large number of Divisions or Independent
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s.


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First Battle of Shanghai


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Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...
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Fujian People's Government The Fujian People's Government (also spelled as the Fukien People's Government, ), officially the People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China (), was a short-lived anti-Kuomintang government that established a Democratic Republi ...
Armies of the National Revolutionary Army Conflicts in 1932 Shanghai 1932 Military history of Shanghai 1932 in China 1933 in China Military history of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Military history of Fujian {{mil-unit-stub