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United Front

An alliance between rival political movements for a shared objective; Nationalists and Communists cooperated against regional military rulers and later Japan..

Category: Political alliance
Region: China
Date range: 1920s–1940s

What it means

An alliance between rival political movements for a shared objective; Nationalists and Communists cooperated against regional military rulers and later Japan.

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United Front

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