<P> The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang ( KMT ) , also known as the Nationalists , against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926 . The purpose of the campaign was to reunify China , and the expedition was divided into two phases . The first phase was interrupted by the political split in the Kuomintang following the formation of the Nanjing faction in April 1927 against the existing faction in Wuhan . The split was partially motivated by the purge of the Communists within the party , which marked the end of the First United Front , and Chiang Kai - shek briefly stepped down as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army . </P>
<P> The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang ( KMT ) , also known as the Nationalists , against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926 . The purpose of the campaign was to reunify China , and the expedition was divided into two phases . The first phase was interrupted by the political split in the Kuomintang following the formation of the Nanjing faction in April 1927 against the existing faction in Wuhan . The split was partially motivated by the purge of the Communists within the party , which marked the end of the First United Front , and Chiang Kai - shek briefly stepped down as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army . </P>
the northern expedition was a guomindang movement against whom in china
the northern expedition was a guomindang movement against whom in china
the Beiyang government other regional warlords
the Beiyang government other regional warlords