Xi'an Incident
Kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng in Xi'an, 12-25 December 1936, forcing the Nationalists to end the civil war and form the Second United Front against Japan.
Entities involved
Nationalists
Communists
Related events (1 degree away • 2 degrees away)
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
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1945
People
Chiang Kai-shek
Detained by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng
Nationalists
Zhou Enlai
Negotiated the settlement with the Nationalists
Communists
Also participating
Mao Zedong
Communists