    the nanchang uprising (, ) was the first major kuomintang-communist engagement of the chinese civil war, begun by the communists to counter the anti-communist purges by the nationalist party of china. the kuomintang (kmt, or nationalist party) established a "revolutionary committee" at nanchang to plan the spark that was expected to ignite a widespread peasant uprising. deng yanda, song qingling (soong ching-ling, madame sun yat-sen) and zhang fakui (who later crushed the uprising) were among the political leaders.schwartz, benjamin, chinese communism and the rise of mao, harper & row (new york: 1951), p. 93. military forces in nanchang under the leadership of he long and zhou enlai rebelled in an attempt to seize control of the city after the end of the first kuomintang-communist alliance. other important leaders in this event were zhu de, ye ting and liu bocheng. communist forces successfully occupied nanchang and escaped from the siege of kuomintang forces by august 5, withdrawing to the jinggang mountains of western jiangxi. august 1 was later regarded as the anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army and the first action fought against the kuomintang. ==names== in chinese, apart from the name shown above, the event is known as august 1 nanchang uprising (), august 1 uprising (), nanchang rebellion (), nanchang insurrection (), or nanchang mutiny () == order of battle == ===communist forces=== communist forces at their peak during the nanchang uprising totaled over 20,000, though some of them did not join the battle until a day later. the entire communist force was organized into the 2nd front army, and over half of it was under he long's command. he was also named as the commander-in-chief of the 2nd front army, and ye ting as deputy commander-in-chief and acting front line commander-in-chief. communist representative was zhou enlai, chief of staff was liu bocheng and director of the political directorate of the 2nd front army was guo moruo.
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