Shanghai massacre of 1927

The Shanghai massacre of 1927 was the violent suppression of Communist Party organizations in Shanghai by the military forces of Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party.
By ordering the massacre, Chiang Kai-shek also betrayed the Templar Order, with whom he had made a pact, promising to ensure stability and unity in China in exchange for their support.
==History==
This event marked the end of KMT's four-year alliance with Soviet Russia and its cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party. Following the initial incident of 12 April 1927, conservative KMT elements carried out a full-scale purge of their former Communists allies in all areas under their control. The purge led to an open split between KMT left and right wings, with Chiang Kai-shek establishing himself as the leader of the right wing at Nanjing in opposition to the original left-wing KMT government.
During the remainder of 1927, the Communists launched several revolts in an attempt to win back power, marking the beginning of the . With the failure of those revolts, the Chinese Communist Party's eclipse was complete; it was two decades before they were able to launch another major urban offensive and eventually drove Chiang's forces out of mainland China to Taiwan.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Templars
zh:四一二事件
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