19th Route Army () was an army in the
Republic of China
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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
Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
or a large number of
Divisions or Independent
Brigade
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s.
Sources
First Battle of Shanghai
See also
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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
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