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Conflict East Asia

Central Plains War (China)

1930 CE

The largest conflict of China's Warlord Era, involving nearly one million soldiers. Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government fought a massive coalition of warlords. The war caused 250,000 casualties and nearly bankrupted the Nationalist government.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kuomintang (Chiang Kai-shek)
  • Anti-Chiang Warlord Coalition (Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang)

Key moments

Defining events in the Central Plains War (China).

  1. 1930 Battle along the Longhai Railway
  2. 1930 Zhang Xueliang's intervention

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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700 BCE – still standing

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Founded 1492 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

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